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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Harold_MacmillanHarold Macmillan - Wikipedia

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   Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC, FRS (10 February 1894 – 29 December 1986) was a British statesman and Conservative politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963.

   • Lady Dorothy Macmillan

     Lady Dorothy Evelyn Macmillan GBE (née Cavendish; 28 July...

   • Alec Douglas-Home

     Under the premierships of Winston Churchill, Anthony Eden...

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     Maurice Victor Macmillan, Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden, PC...

   • Nuclear Forces

     In 1961, Harold Macmillan chose Rab Butler and Selwyn Lloyd...

   • Conservative government, 1957–1964

     The Conservative government of the United Kingdom that began...

   • Night of the Long Knives

     British prime minister Harold Macmillan carried a major...

   • The Middle Way (book)

     The Middle Way: A Study of the Problems of Economic and...

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Conservative_governmentConservative government, 1957–1964 - Wikipedia

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   The Conservative government of the United Kingdom that began in 1957 and ended in 1964 consisted of three ministries: the first Macmillan ministry, second Macmillan ministry, and then the Douglas-Home ministry. They were respectively led by Harold Macmillan and Sir Alec Douglas-Home, who were appointed by Queen Elizabeth II .

   Office	Name	Dates
   Prime Minister and First Lord of the ...	Harold Macmillan	10 January 1957 – 13 October 1963
   Prime Minister and First Lord of the ...	Sir Alec Douglas-Home	18 October 1963 – 16 October 1964
   First Secretary of State	R. A. Butler	13 July 1962
   Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain	The Viscount Kilmuir	14 January 1957

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3. simple.wikipedia.org › wiki › Harold_MacmillanHarold Macmillan - Simple English Wikipedia, the free ...

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   Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC (10 February 1894 – 29 December 1986), was a Conservative politician. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963.

4. www.britannica.com › biography › Harold-MacmillanHarold Macmillan | UK Prime Minister, Conservative Leader

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   Jun 25, 2024 · Harold Macmillan was a British politician who was prime minister from January 1957 to October 1963. The son of an American-born mother and the grandson of a founder of the London publishing house of Macmillan & Co., he was educated at Balliol College, Oxford.

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5. www.gov.uk › past-prime-ministers › harold-macmillanHistory of Harold Macmillan - GOV.UK

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   Learn about the life and achievements of Harold Macmillan, the Conservative Prime Minister who led Britain from 1957 to 1963. Find out how he handled the Cold War, decolonisation, the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and the Suez crisis.

6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Night_of_the_Long_KnivesNight of the Long Knives (1962) - Wikipedia

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   British prime minister Harold Macmillan carried a major cabinet reshuffle of his premiership on 13 July 1962. Macmillan dismissed seven members of his Cabinet, one-third of the total. The reshuffle took place against a backdrop of declining Conservative popularity in Britain.

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   Who was Harold Macmillan?

   • Harold Macmillan was, of course, not solely or even pre-eminently responsible for that. But we cannot but record with frustration the fact that the vigorous and perceptive attacker of the status quo in the 1930s became its emblem for a time in the late 1950s before returning to be its critic in the 1980s.

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   Who did Harold Macmillan lead?

   • Harold Macmillan led the Government from 1957–1963 and was succeeded by Lord (Alec) Home. Alec Douglas-Home led the Government from 1963. He was defeated at the 1964 general election.

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   Why did Harold Macmillan become Prime Minister?

   • This was mainly a consequence of the Suez Crisis fiasco of the previous autumn, but was also owing to his increasingly failing health. Harold Macmillan, formerly Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer, was chosen over Rab Butler as the new party leader and consequently as Prime Minister.

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   Why was Macmillan important?

   • Macmillan's previous attempt to create an agreement at the May 1960 summit in Paris had collapsed due to the 1960 U-2 incident. He was a force in the negotiations leading to the signing of the 1963 Partial Test Ban Treaty by the United Kingdom, the United States and the Soviet Union.

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8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Middle_Way_(book)The Middle Way (book) - Wikipedia

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   The Middle Way: A Study of the Problems of Economic and Social Progress in a Free and Democratic Society is a 1938 book on political philosophy written by Harold Macmillan, a British Conservative Party politician and later prime minister of the United Kingdom.