Earl of Stockton is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created on 24 February 1984 for Harold Macmillan

Harold Macmillan

Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC was Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 January 1957 to 18 October 1963....

, the former Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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 Prime Minister, just under three years before his death. He was also made Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden, of Chelwood Gate in the County of East Sussex

East Sussex

East Sussex is a county in South East England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey and West Sussex, and to the south by the English Channel.-History:...

 and of Stockton-on-Tees

Stockton-on-Tees

Stockton-on-Tees is a market town in north east England. It is the major settlement in the unitary authority and borough of Stockton-on-Tees. For ceremonial purposes, the borough is split between County Durham and North Yorkshire as it also incorporates a number of smaller towns including...

 in the County of Cleveland, at the same time, also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. This title is used as the courtesy title

Courtesy title

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 by the Earl's heir apparent.

As of 2009 the titles are held by Lord Stockton's grandson, the second Earl, who succeeded in 1986 on his grandfather's death. He is the son of Maurice Macmillan, Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden, eldest son of the first Earl, who died in 1984 and was outlived by the first Earl.

The earldom of Stockton and viscountcy of Macmillan of Ovenden were the most recent hereditary peerages

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 created for someone other than a member of the Royal Family

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, and the only surviving non-Royal peerage

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 created since 1965.

Earls of Stockton (1984)

• Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton
  Harold Macmillan
  Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC was Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 January 1957 to 18 October 1963....
  
   (1894–1986)
  • Maurice Victor Macmillan, Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden (1921–1984)
• Alexander Daniel Alan Macmillan, 2nd Earl of Stockton
  Alexander Macmillan, 2nd Earl of Stockton
  Alexander Daniel Alan Macmillan, 2nd Earl of Stockton is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He is the first son of the late Conservative politician Maurice Macmillan and the first grandson of former prime minister Harold Macmillan.-Life:Lord Stockton was educated at Eton...
  
   (b. 1943)

The heir apparent

Heir apparent

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 is the present holder's son Daniel Maurice Alan Macmillan, Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden

Daniel Macmillan, Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden

Daniel Maurice Alan Macmillan, Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden is the heir to Alexander Macmillan, 2nd Earl of Stockton.Lord Macmillan is a great-grandson of the former Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton. He was 12 years old when his great-grandfather died, and he holds a courtesy...

 (b. 1974)

Line of succession

• 1. Daniel Maurice Alan Macmillan, Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden
  Daniel Macmillan, Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden
  Daniel Maurice Alan Macmillan, Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden is the heir to Alexander Macmillan, 2nd Earl of Stockton.Lord Macmillan is a great-grandson of the former Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton. He was 12 years old when his great-grandfather died, and he holds a courtesy...
  
  , only son of the present Earl. (b. 1974)
• 2. Adam Julian Robert Macmillan, younger brother of the present Earl. (b. 1948)
• 3. Frederick Maurice Brian Macmillan (b. 1990), elder son of Adam Macmillan.
• 4. Younger son of Adam Macmillan (b. 1995)
• 5. David Maurice Benjamin Macmillan (b. 1957), youngest brother of the present Earl.