Harold Macmillan

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Harold Macmillan was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963, overseeing a period of post-war prosperity and decolonisation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British politician
Conservative Party politician
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
human
birthName Harold Macmillan self-linksurface differs
surface form: Maurice Harold Macmillan
causeOfDeath pneumonia
conflict World War I
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
dateOfBirth 1894-02-10
dateOfDeath 1986-12-29
educatedAt Balliol College, Oxford NERFINISHED
Eton College
employer Macmillan Publishers
familyName Macmillan Publishers
surface form: Macmillan
father Maurice Crawford Macmillan
givenName Harold
Maurice
headOfGovernmentOf United Kingdom
honorificTitle Earl of Stockton
ideology One-nation conservatism
knownFor decolonisation of the British Empire
post-war economic prosperity in the UK
memberOf Privy Council
surface form: Privy Council of the United Kingdom
memberOfPoliticalParty Conservative Party (UK)
militaryBranch British Army
militaryRank Captain
monarchDuringTerm Elizabeth II
mother Helen Artie Belles
name Harold Macmillan self-link
nickname Supermac
notableWork Winds of Change speech
occupation politician
publisher
officeEndTime 1963-10-18
officeStartTime 1957-01-10
peerage Peerage of the United Kingdom
placeOfBirth Chelsea, London, England
placeOfDeath Birch Grove, East Sussex, England
positionHeld Chancellor of the Exchequer
First Lord of the Treasury
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
surface form: Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom

Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Minister of Defence
surface form: Minister of Defence of the United Kingdom

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
surface form: Minister of Housing and Local Government

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
precededBy Anthony Eden
religion Anglicanism
residence 10 Downing Street
surface form: 10 Downing Street, London

Birch Grove, East Sussex, England
surface form: Birch Grove, East Sussex
sexOrGender male
spouse Dorothy Cavendish
succeededBy Alec Douglas-Home

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Eton College alumnus Harold Macmillan
Harold Macmillan birthName Harold Macmillan self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Maurice Harold Macmillan
Balliol College, Oxford hasAlumnus Harold Macmillan
Paris Summit of 1960 hasLeaderParticipant Harold Macmillan
Life Peerages Act 1958 introducedBy Harold Macmillan
this entity surface form: Harold Macmillan government
First Secretary of State isTitleCreatedBy Harold Macmillan
this entity surface form: Prime Minister Harold Macmillan
Harold Macmillan name Harold Macmillan self-link
Harold notableBearer Harold Macmillan
Conservative Party (UK) notableLeader Harold Macmillan
Military Cross notableRecipient Harold Macmillan
Lord Privy Seal officeHoldersInclude Harold Macmillan
Alec Douglas-Home precededBy Harold Macmillan
Julian Amery relative Harold Macmillan
Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty signedBy Harold Macmillan
Anthony Eden succeededBy Harold Macmillan
Eden succeededInOffice Harold Macmillan
subject surface form: Anthony Eden