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5 de abr. de 2024 · In October 1963 he disclaimed his peerages for life, took the name Sir Alec Douglas-Home, and succeeded Harold Macmillan as prime minister during a Conservative Party crisis, the most spectacular feature of which was an adultery scandal involving John Dennis Profumo, secretary of state for war from 1960 to 1963.
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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. In the latter post, which he held from 1960 to 1963, he supported United States resolve in the Cuban Missile Crisis and in August 1963 was the ...
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9 de abr. de 2024 · Harold Macmillan. Macmillan was the Conservative Party Prime Minister from January 1957 until mid-October 1963. The son of a British publisher (that Macmillan) and an American mother, he attended Oxford University. During World War One he served with distinction as an officer of the Grenadier Guards was wounded several times.
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Hace 3 días · Yet, it is with his discussion of Harold Macmillan’s attempt at a ‘Middle Way’ in the volatile 1930s that Dorey’s research strengths come into their own.
15 de abr. de 2024 · Anne Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon ( née Spencer-Churchill; 28 June 1920 – 15 November 2021) was an English memoirist and the second wife of Anthony Eden, who served as British prime minister from 1955 to 1957. She married Eden in 1952, becoming Lady Eden in 1954 when he was made a Knight of the Garter, before becoming Countess of Avon in ...
- 15 November 2021 (aged 101), London, England
- Former spouse of the prime minister of the United Kingdom (1955–1957)
- Anne Clarissa Spencer-Churchill, 28 June 1920, Kensington, London, England
The Almost Impossible Ally: Harold Macmillan and Charles de Gaulle | Reviews in History. Book: The Almost Impossible Ally: Harold Macmillan and Charles de Gaulle. Peter Mangold. London, I. B. Tauris, 2006, ISBN: 9781850438007; 288pp.; Price: £20.00. Reviewer: Dr Helen Parr. University of Keele. Citation:
Hace 5 días · However, with decolonisation proceeding apace, it was obvious to Harold Macmillan, Tory prime minister from 1957 to 1963, and later to Labour’s Harold Wilson that empire would not survive much...
