John Profumo

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British Army officer British politician Conservative Party politician Member of Parliament human war hero

John Profumo was a British Conservative politician and war hero whose career ended in disgrace following the 1963 Profumo affair, a major political scandal involving a sexual relationship and national security concerns.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
John Profumo canonical	15
David Profumo	1
John Dennis Profumo	1
John Profumo resigned from the government and Parliament in 1963	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army officer ⓘ British politician ⓘ Conservative Party politician ⓘ Member of Parliament ⓘ human ⓘ war hero ⓘ
admittedLyingTo	House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: House of Commons
allegiance	United Kingdom ⓘ
associatedWith	Stephen Ward ⓘ
causeOfCareerEnd	Profumo affair ⓘ
causeOfDeath	stroke ⓘ
citizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfBirth	United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfDeath	United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1915-01-30 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2006-03-09 ⓘ
educatedAt	Brasenose College, Oxford ⓘ Harrow School ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Italian descent ⓘ
familyName	Profumo ⓘ
father	Alessandro Profumo ⓘ
fullName	John Profumo self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: John Dennis Profumo
givenName	John ⓘ
hadRomanticRelationshipWith	Christine Keeler ⓘ
honour	Order of the British Empire ⓘ surface form: Commander of the Order of the British Empire Order of St Michael and St George ⓘ surface form: Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
knownFor	Profumo affair ⓘ
marriageStart	1954 ⓘ
memberOf	Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
militaryBranch	British Army ⓘ
militaryRank	brigadier ⓘ
mother	Martha Profumo ⓘ
notableWork	Profumo affair ⓘ
numberOfChildren	3 ⓘ
officeEnd	Secretary of State for War, 1963 ⓘ
officeStart	Secretary of State for War, 1960 ⓘ
participantIn	Profumo affair ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Kensington ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London
placeOfDeath	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
politicalParty	Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
positionHeld	Member of Parliament for Kettering ⓘ Member of Parliament for Stratford-on-Avon ⓘ Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation ⓘ Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies ⓘ Secretary of State for War ⓘ
postPoliticalActivity	charity work ⓘ
resignationYear	1963 ⓘ
resignedFrom	British Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament
spouse	Valerie Hobson ⓘ
workedFor	Toynbee Hall ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Military Cross → notableRecipient → John Profumo ⓘ

Minister of Supply → positionHeldBy → John Profumo ⓘ

John Profumo → fullName → John Profumo self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Dennis Profumo

Cliveden House → associatedWith → John Profumo ⓘ

Profumo → notableBearer → John Profumo ⓘ

Profumo → mainSubject → John Profumo ⓘ

subject surface form: Profumo affair

Profumo affair → mainSubject → John Profumo ⓘ

Profumo affair → involves → John Profumo ⓘ

Profumo affair → officeHolder → John Profumo ⓘ

Profumo affair → statement → John Profumo ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Profumo resigned from the government and Parliament in 1963

Martha Profumo → child → John Profumo ⓘ

Christine Keeler → hadAffairWith → John Profumo ⓘ

Christine Keeler → hadRelationshipWith → John Profumo ⓘ

Valerie Hobson → spouse → John Profumo ⓘ

Valerie Hobson → relative → John Profumo ⓘ

Valerie Hobson → child → John Profumo ⓘ

this entity surface form: David Profumo

The Trial of Christine Keeler → portrays → John Profumo ⓘ

Scandal → depicts → John Profumo ⓘ