Derick Heathcoat Amory

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Derick Heathcoat Amory 1st Viscount Amory
Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office 6 January 1958 – 27 July 1960
Prime Minister	Harold Macmillan
Preceded by	Peter Thorneycroft
Succeeded by	Selwyn Lloyd
Born	26 December 1899
Died	20 January 1981
Political party	Conservative Party

Derick Heathcoat Amory, 1st Viscount Amory, KG, PC, GCMG, TD, DL (26 December 1899–20 January 1981) was a British Conservative politician.

Heathcoat Amory was the son of Sir Ian Heathcoat-Amory, 2nd Baronet. He was educated at Eton College and at Christ Church, Oxford. He became a Devon County Councillor in 1932 and worked in textile manufacturing and banking.

After service in the British Army (including being wounded and captured during Operation Market-Garden) Heathcoat Amory was elected Member of Parliament for Tiverton in 1945. He entered the cabinet under Sir Winston Churchill in July 1954 succeeding Sir Thomas Dugdale as Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries. In October 1954 the Ministry merged with the Ministry of Food still in command of Heathcoat-Amory. Gwilym Lloyd George had previously been in charge of Food. He remained in the post until he became Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1958, under Harold Macmillan.

Heathcoat Amory retired from the House of Commons in 1960, when he was created Viscount Amory, of Tiverton in the County of Devon, on 1 September 1960, one of the last new hereditary peerages created for senior politicians before life peerages became the norm. In his later years, he was Chancellor of the University of Exeter. On his death, the Viscountcy became extinct.

He was an uncle of David Heathcoat-Amory.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Gilbert Troyte	Member of Parliament for Tiverton 1945–1960	Succeeded by Robin Maxwell-Hyslop
Political offices
Preceded by Sir Thomas Dugdale	Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries 1954	Succeeded by position abolished
Preceded by Position Created	Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1954–1958	Succeeded by John Hare
Preceded by Peter Thorneycroft	Chancellor of the Exchequer 1958–1960	Succeeded by Selwyn Lloyd
Preceded by Duchess of Devonshire	Chancellor of the University of Exeter 1972–1981	Succeeded by Rex Richards

Chancellors of the Exchequer

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