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John Dennis Profumo CBE (/ p r ə ˈ f juː m oʊ / prə-FEW-moh; 30 January 1915 – 9 March 2006) was a British politician whose career ended in 1963 after a sexual relationship with the 19-year-old model Christine Keeler in 1961.
John Profumo, the 46-year-old Secretary of State for War in Harold Macmillan's Conservative government, had an extramarital affair with the 19-year-old model Christine Keeler beginning in 1961. Profumo denied the affair in a statement to the House of Commons in 1963; weeks later, a police investigation proved that he had lied.
May 10, 2024 · John Profumo (born January 30, 1915, London, England—died March 9, 2006, London, England) was a British politician and philanthropist who was the central character in one of the U.K.’s most spectacular sex scandals of the 20th century. The affair helped bring down Britain’s government and led Profumo to devote the rest of his life to charity.
For more history behind the drama, visit our page on the Profumo Affair. This content first appeared in the Christmas 2016 issue of BBC History Revealed. John Profumo, Christine Keeler and the scandal of sex, lies and spies that brought down a British Government in the early 1960s.
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Article History. John Profumo. Date: July 8, 1961 - c. June 1961. Key People: Christine Keeler. Profumo affair, in British history, political and intelligence scandal in the early 1960s that helped topple the Conservative Party government of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan.
Jan 4, 2020 · John Profumo, the then minister of war, returns home on 18 June 1963 after admitting an affair with Christine Keeler. Photograph: Everett Collection Historical/Alamy Stock Photo This runs the...
Feb 9, 2010 · On June 5, 1963, British Secretary of War John Profumo resigns his post following revelations that he had lied to the House of Commons about his sexual affair with Christine Keeler, an alleged...
