The Viscount Eccles | |
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 Portrait of Eccles by Walter Stoneman, 1953 | |
| Paymaster General | |
| In office 20 June 1970 – 5 June 1973 | |
| Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
| Preceded by | Harold Lever |
| Succeeded by | Maurice Macmillan |
| Minister for the Arts | |
| In office 20 June 1970 – 5 June 1973 | |
| Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
| Preceded by | Jennie Lee |
| Succeeded by | Norman St John-Stevas |
| Minister of Education | |
| In office 14 October 1959 – 13 July 1962 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan |
| Preceded by | Geoffrey Lloyd |
| Succeeded by | Edward Boyle |
| In office 18 October 1954 – 13 January 1957 | |
| Prime Minister | Anthony Eden |
| Preceded by | Florence Horsbrugh |
| Succeeded by | Quintin Hogg |
| President of the Board of Trade | |
| In office 13 January 1957 – 14 October 1959 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan |
| Preceded by | Peter Thorneycroft |
| Succeeded by | Reginald Maudling |
| Minister of Works | |
| In office 1 November 1951 – 18 October 1954 | |
| Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
| Preceded by | George Brown |
| Succeeded by | Nigel Birch |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Hereditary peerage 13 July 1962 – 24 February 1999 | |
| Succeeded by | The 2nd Viscount Eccles |
| Member of Parliament for Chippenham | |
| In office 24 August 1943 – 13 July 1962 | |
| Preceded by | Victor Cazalet |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Awdry |
| Personal details | |
| Born | David McAdam Eccles 18 September 1904 London, England |
| Died | 24 February 1999 (aged 94) Branchburg, New Jersey, US |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouses | |
| Children | John Eccles, 2nd Viscount Eccles Hon. Simon Eccles Selina Petty-FitzMaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne |
| Alma mater | New College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Politician, businessman |
David McAdam Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles CH KCVO PC (18 September 1904 – 24 February 1999), was an English Conservative politician and businessman.