Harold Macmillan facts for kids
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The Rt Hon Harold Macmillan
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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | |
In office 11 January 1957 – 19 October 1963 |
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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 |
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Prime Minister | Anthony Eden |
Preceded by | Rab Butler |
Succeeded by | Peter Thorneycroft |
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Born | Belgravia, London, England |
10 February 1894
Died | 29 December 1986 Chelwood Gate, East Sussex, England |
(aged 92)
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.
Images for kids
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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
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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.
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Macmillan became critical of Margaret Thatcher (pictured in 1975)
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The Macmillan family graves in 2012 at St Giles' Church, Horsted Keynes. Macmillan's grave is on the right.
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