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24 mag 2024 · In 1963, when British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan resigned, the Queen appointed Lord Alec-Douglas-Home over Rab Butler, who was considered to be the favorite, to much controversy. Shortly...
- Anna Gordon
23 mag 2024 · Macmillan's 20 year wait to join the House of Lords. Some digging in the National Archives sheds light on the twenty year gap between Harold Macmillan's resignation as prime minister and his ennoblement as Earl of Stockton.
13 giu 2024 · With the Tories return to power in 1951, Macmillan served fist as Housing and the Defence Minister in the Churchill cabinets. In 1955 he was Foreign Secretary in Anthony Eden's government until he became the Chancellor of the Exchequer that same year.
- Andrew H. Lee
- 2013
13 giu 2024 · Christine Keeler (born February 22, 1942, Uxbridge, Middlesex, England—died December 4, 2017, Orpington, Kent) was an English model who, as one of the central figures in the Profumo affair, contributed to the collapse of the Conservative government of Harold Macmillan.
7 giu 2024 · With his wealth of knowledge of previous Prime Ministers, Martin looks at Harold MacMillan’s ‘never had it so good’ reference to economic outlook and low unemployment whilst dealing with the UK’s loss of colonial power and influence.
11 giu 2024 · In October 1957, at the close of bilateral talks in Washington, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan issued a joint Declaration of Common Purpose in which they looked forward to a future of intimate collaboration between their countries in combating the ‘danger of Communist despotism’.
5 giorni fa · The capture of rebel leader Field Marshal Dedan Kimathi on 21 October 1956 signalled the defeat of the Mau Mau, and essentially ended the British military campaign. [10] However, the rebellion survived until after Kenya's independence from Britain, driven mainly by the Meru units led by Field Marshal Musa Mwariama.
