Derick Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Viscount Amory

The Viscount Amory
Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office
6 January 1958 – 27 July 1960
Prime MinisterHarold Macmillan
Preceded byPeter Thorneycroft
Succeeded bySelwyn Lloyd
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
In office
28 July 1954 – 6 January 1958
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Anthony Eden
Harold Macmillan
Preceded byThomas Dugdale
Succeeded byJohn Hare
Minister of State for Trade
In office
3 September 1953 – 28 July 1954
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Preceded byOffice Created
Succeeded byDerek Walker-Smith
Minister of Pensions
In office
5 November 1951 – 3 September 1953
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Preceded byGeorge Isaacs
Succeeded byOsbert Peake
Member of Parliament
for Tiverton
In office
5 July 1945 – 1 September 1960
Preceded byGilbert Acland-Troyte
Succeeded byRobin Maxwell-Hyslop
Personal details
Born(1899-12-26)26 December 1899
London, England
Died20 January 1981(1981-01-20) (aged 81)
Chevithorne, Devon, England
Political partyConservative
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford
Military career
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch British Army
Years of service1920–1948
RankLieutenant-Colonel
Battles / warsSecond World War

Derick Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Viscount Amory, KG, GCMG, TD, PC, DL, OD (/ˈməri/ AY-mər-ee;[1] 26 December 1899 – 20 January 1981) was a British Conservative politician and member of the House of Lords.

He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer between 1958 and 1960, and later as Chancellor of the University of Exeter from 1972 until his death in 1981.

  1. ^ G.M. Miller, BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (Oxford UP, 1971), p. 5.