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When Eden resigned in 1957 following the Suez Crisis, Macmillan succeeded him as prime minister and Leader of the Conservative Party. He was a One Nation Tory of the Disraelian tradition and supported the post-war consensus.
After a series of scandals, the most damaging of which involved the minister John Profumo, he resigned in October 1963. Macmillan was created Earl of Stockton in 1984 and died in 1986.
He was appointed prime minister on Jan. 10, 1957, following the resignation of Eden in the wake of the Suez crisis, and was elected leader of the Conservative Party 12 days later.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Despite bearing some responsibility for the Suez debacle of 1956, Macmillan proved to be a beneficiary of the crisis, which forced the resignation of the prime minister, Anthony Eden in...
Aug 1, 2023 · Macmillan heard of the plot early on the morning on the 18th and, determined to foist the conspirators, hastily resigned. He wrote to the Queen, who subsequently visited him in hospital, and advised her to send for Home. The plot fell apart.
Jan 1, 1994 · Harold Macmillan, one of the Queen's favourite politicians, entered the King Edward VII Hospital for Officers already resigned to standing down because of the prostatic obstruction which had ...
Illness precipitated Macmillan's resignation at the time of the Conservative Party conference in October 1963. Macmillan was a complex individual. An external self‐confidence was matched by inner doubts, exacerbated no doubt by his wife's long‐standing affair with Robert Boothby.
