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Derick Heathcoat Amory

The Right Honourable
The Viscount Amory
KG GCMG TD PC DL
Derick Heathcoat-Amory in 1952.jpg
Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office
6 January 1958 – 27 July 1960
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan
Preceded by Peter Thorneycroft
Succeeded by Selwyn Lloyd
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
In office
28 July 1954 – 6 January 1958
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
Anthony Eden
Harold Macmillan
Preceded by Thomas Dugdale
Succeeded by John Hare
Minister of State for Trade
In office
3 September 1953 – 28 July 1954
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
Preceded by Office Created
Succeeded by Derek Walker-Smith
Minister of Pensions
In office
5 November 1951 – 3 September 1953
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
Preceded by George Isaacs
Succeeded by Osbert Peake
Member of Parliament
for Tiverton
In office
5 July 1945 – 1 September 1960
Preceded by Gilbert Acland-Troyte
Succeeded by Robin Maxwell-Hyslop
Personal details
Born (1899-12-26)26 December 1899
Mayfair, London
Died 20 January 1981(1981-01-20) (aged 81)
Devon, UK
Political party Conservative
Military career
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  British Army
Years of service 1920–1948
Rank Lieutenant-Colonel
Battles/wars Second World War

Derick Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Viscount Amory KG GCMG TD PC DL (/ˈmərɪ/ AY-mər-ee; 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.

Born in London, the son of Sir Ian Heathcoat-Amory, 2nd Baronet (see Heathcoat-Amory baronets) and Alexandra Georgina (OBE; who d. 1942), eldest daughter of Vice-Admiral Henry Seymour CB (brother of Francis, 5th Marquess of Hertford GCB).


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