under the title By Safe Hand: Letters of Sybil & David Eccles 1939-42 (Bodley Head, 1983). Widowed in 1977, he married again, this time to book collector and philanthropist Mary Morley Crapo Hyde (1912–2003) on 26 September 1984. He died in 1999 at the age of 94, at home of natural causes, leaving an estate of approximately £2.4 million. Styles and honours Mr David Eccles (1904–1943) Mr David Eccles MP (1943–1953) Sir David Eccles KCVO MP (1953–1962) The Rt. Hon. The Lord Eccles KCVO PC (1962–1964) The Rt. Hon. The Viscount Eccles KCVO PC (1964–1984) The Rt. Hon. The Viscount Eccles CH KCVO PC (1984–1999) Notes References Mary, Viscountess Eccles: obituary, The Independent, 5 September 2003 External links 1904 births 1999 deaths Alumni of New College, Oxford British Secretaries of State for Education Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Ministers in the Eden government, 1955–1957 Ministers in the Macmillan and Douglas-Home governments, 1957–1964 Ministers in the third Churchill government, 1951–1955 People educated at Winchester College Presidents of the Board of Trade UK MPs 1935–1945 UK MPs 1945–1950 UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959 UK MPs 1959–1964 UK MPs who were granted peerages United Kingdom Paymasters General Viscounts created by Elizabeth II