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25 de jun. de 2024 · Harold Macmillan was a British politician who was prime minister from January 1957 to October 1963. The son of an American-born mother and the grandson of a founder of the London publishing house of Macmillan & Co., he was educated at Balliol College, Oxford.
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22 de jun. de 2024 · Transcurridos casi 20 años del fin de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, el conservador Alec Douglas-Home sustituye desde hace meses a Harold MacMillan, que tras más de seis años en Downing Street dimite por el caso Profumo, que alude al secretario de Estado para la Guerra, John Profumo, y a la relación de éste con una bailarina ligada ...
13 de jun. de 2024 · Macmillan was the first Western leader to visit the Soviet Union after World War Two, and was a major supporter of decolonization. It is during his government that many British possessions in Africa and Asia were granted independence.
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Hace 3 días · When the election came about on Oct. 15, 1964, Labour was widely expected to return to power for the first time since 1951. “13 Wasted Years" was its message. But the party didn't do as well as ...
Hace 2 días · Under the premierships of Winston Churchill, Anthony Eden and Harold Macmillan he was appointed to a series of increasingly senior posts, including Leader of the House of Lords and Foreign Secretary.
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21 de jun. de 2024 · Sir Alec Douglas-Home had succeeded Harold Macmillan as prime minister and leader of the Conservative Party in October 1963. Macmillan’s government had been badly rocked by the sensational political sex scandal involving the Secretary of State for War John Profumo.
Hace 3 días · Douglas-Home had only become prime minister the year before, when his predecessor Harold Macmillan stepped down following a huge reversal in fortune. The buoyant economy had faltered, and Macmillan had been snubbed by French President Charles de Gaulle in his application for Britain to join the recently formed European Economic Community.
