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  1. Supermac (cartoon) Supermac. (cartoon) "Super-Mac" was a 1958 cartoon image of Harold Macmillan, which became an enduring nickname for him. With its rather dismissive caption, "How to Try to Continue to be Top Without Actually Having Been There", [1] the cartoon image, by "Vicky" ( Victor Weisz) [2] first appeared in the Evening Standard on 6 ...

  2. Conservative 1957 to 1963. Prime Minister Harold 'Supermac' Macmillan distanced the UK from apartheid, sped up the process of decolonisation and was heavily involved in negotiating the Nuclear ...

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  4. Victory Medal. British War Medal. 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. [1] Nicknamed "Supermac", he was known for his pragmatism, wit, and unflappability .

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  5. Nov 10, 2023 · Prime Ministers' PropsSeries 3. Harold Macmillan as Supermac. Professor Sir David Cannadine explores political fame and image by looking at how an object or prop can come to define a political ...

  6. Oct 9, 2010 · But Macmillan – a bit of a toff married to the Duke of Devonshire's daughter – worked his passage over four long decades. He was younger than Cameron (30) when he became an MP, but three years ...

  7. May 17, 2011 · My Radio 4 series on former prime ministers continues today with a profile of Harold Macmillan, leader between 1957 and 1963. ... 'Supermac': A portrait of Harold Macmillan. Published. 17 May 2011 ...

  8. Nov 26, 2021 · Great-grandson of a crofter and son-in-law of a Duke, Harold Macmillan (1894-1986) was both complex as a person and influential as a politician Voices in the air, 1894-1940 -- An insider at last, 1940-1951 -- Believing in the future, 1951-1957 -- Top of the greasy pole, 1957-1986

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