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The Rt Hon Harold Macmillan
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
In office
11 January 1957 – 19 October 1963
Deputy Rab Butler
Preceded by Sir Anthony Eden
Succeeded by Sir Alec Douglas-Home
Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office
20 December 1955 – 13 January 1957
Prime Minister Anthony Eden
Preceded by Rab Butler
Succeeded by Peter Thorneycroft
Personal details
Born (1894-02-10)10 February 1894
Belgravia, London, England
Died 29 December 1986(1986-12-29) (aged 92)
Chelwood Gate, East Sussex, England
Nationality British
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s) Dorothy Macmillian (1920-1966, her death)
Relations Daniel MacMillan (grandfather)
Alexander Macmillan (grandson)
David Faber (grandson)
Children Maurice Macmillan (dead)
Caroline Faber
Catherine Amery (dead)
Sarah Heath (dead)

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

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  • Harold Macmillan in 1942

    Macmillan in 1942

  • Allied leaders in the Sicilian campaign

    Macmillan (top row, left) with Allied military leaders in the Sicilian campaign, 1943; Maj-Gen Bedell Smith to his left. Front Row: General Eisenhower (then Supreme Commander, Mediterranean), Air Chief Marshal Tedder, General Alexander, Admiral Cunningham

  • Churchillcabinet1955

    Churchill's Cabinet, 1955 (Macmillan sitting on the far left)

  • Senandmacmillan

    Macmillan with Indian Minister and head of Indian delegation Ashoke Kumar Sen and wife Anjana, daughter of Sudhi Ranjan Das

  • International Diplomacy

    Macmillan meeting Eisenhower in Bermuda

  • OperationGrappleXmasIslandHbomb

    First successful British H-bomb test—Operation Grapple X Round C1, which took place over Kiritimati

  • Harold-Macmillan-in-Finland-1961

    Macmillan (left) on 1 August 1961 in Valkeakoski, Finland. In the middle, the Finnish Minister Ahti Karjalainen, and Sir Anthony Lambert standing to the right.

  • British Decolonisation in Africa

    British decolonisation in Africa

  • The National Archives UK - CO 1069-1-17

    Macmillan meets the Litunga of the Barotse in Northern Rhodesia, 1960

  • Thatcher-loc

    Macmillan became critical of Margaret Thatcher (pictured in 1975)

  • St Giles' Church, Horsted Keynes (Macmillan Family Grave)

    The Macmillan family graves in 2012 at St Giles' Church, Horsted Keynes. Macmillan's grave is on the right.

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