David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles

David McAdam Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles CH KCVO PC (18 September 1904 – 24 February 1999), was an English Conservative politician.

For other people named David Eccles, see David Eccles (disambiguation).

The Right Honourable
The Viscount Eccles
CH KCVO PC
Portrait of Eccles by Walter Stoneman, 1953
Minister of State for the Arts
Paymaster General
In office
20 June 1970 – 5 June 1973
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterEdward Heath
Preceded byJennie Lee
(Minister for the Arts)
Harold Lever
(Paymaster General)
Succeeded byNorman St John-Stevas
(Minister for the Arts)
Maurice Macmillan
(Paymaster General)
Minister of Education
In office
14 October 1959 – 13 July 1962
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterHarold Macmillan
Preceded byGeoffrey Lloyd
Succeeded byEdward Boyle
In office
18 October 1954 – 13 January 1957
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterAnthony Eden
Preceded byFlorence Horsbrugh
Succeeded byQuintin Hogg
President of the Board of Trade
In office
13 January 1957 – 14 October 1959
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterHarold Macmillan
Preceded byPeter Thorneycroft
Succeeded byReginald Maudling
Minister of Works
In office
1 November 1951 – 18 October 1954
MonarchsElizabeth II
George VI
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Preceded byGeorge Brown
Succeeded byNigel Birch
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
13 July 1962 – 24 February 1999
Hereditary peerage
Preceded byPeerage created
Succeeded byThe 2nd Viscount Eccles
Member of Parliament
for Chippenham
In office
24 August 1943 – 13 July 1962
Preceded byVictor Cazalet
Succeeded byDaniel Awdry
Personal details
Born(1904-09-18)18 September 1904
Died24 February 1999(1999-02-24) (aged 94)
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Spouses
Hon. Sybil Dawson
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(m. 1929; died 1977)​
    Mary Morley Crapo
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    (m. 1984)​
    ChildrenJohn Eccles, 2nd Viscount Eccles
    Hon. Simon Eccles
    Selina Petty-FitzMaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne
    Alma materNew College, Oxford
    OccupationPolitician, businessman
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