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  Macmillan, Harold
CANDIDATE DETAILS
AffiliationConservative  
<-  1978-01-01  
 
NameHarold Macmillan
Address
London, , England
EmailNone
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Born February 10, 1894
DiedDecember 29, 1986 (92 years)
ContributorInspectorMorse
Last ModifedJuan Croniqueur
Dec 19, 2023 01:06am
Tags Widowed - Army - Anglican -
InfoMP for Stockton-on-Tees 1924-1929, 1931-1945
MP for Bromley 1945-1964

Air Secretary 1945
Housing & Local Government Minister 1951-1954
Defence Minister 1954-1955
Foreign Secretary 1955
Chancellor of the Exchequer 1955-1957
Prime Minister 1957-1963

Conservative Party Leader 1957-1963

Granted one of the last hereditary peerages (outside the royal family) in 1984.


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DISCUSSION
Importance? 10.00000 Average

FAMILY
Wife Dorothy Macmillan Apr 21, 1920-May 21, 1966
Son Maurice Macmillan 1921-1984
Grandson Alexander Macmillan 1943-
Daughter Caroline Faber 1923-2016
Grandson David Faber 1961-
Father In-Law Victor Cavendish 1868-1938

INFORMATION LINKS
RACES
  02/24/1984 UK House of Lords - Earl of Stockton Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  10/10/1972 Nobel Prize in Literature Lost 0.00% (-100.00%)
  10/10/1970 Nobel Prize in Literature Lost 0.00% (-100.00%)
  01/01/1960 University of Oxford Chancellor Won 53.80% (+7.60%)
  10/08/1959 UK Prime Minister Won 57.94% (+16.98%)
  10/08/1959 UK Parliament - Bromley Won 69.99% (+39.97%)
  01/21/1957 Conservative Party Leader Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  01/10/1957 UK Prime Minister - Appointment Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  12/20/1955 UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  05/26/1955 UK Parliament - Bromley Won 68.21% (+36.41%)
  04/07/1955 UK Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  10/18/1954 UK Minister of Defence Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  10/25/1951 UK Parliament - Bromley Won 65.43% (+30.86%)
  02/23/1950 UK Parliament - Bromley Won 57.26% (+26.56%)
  11/14/1945 UK Parliament - Bromley - By-election Won 49.59% (+10.45%)
  07/05/1945 UK Parliament - Stockton-on-Tees Lost 37.44% (-17.57%)
  05/25/1945 UK Secretary of State for Air Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/14/1935 UK Parliament - Stockton-on-Tees Won 48.86% (+8.54%)
  10/27/1931 UK Parliament - Stockton-on-Tees Won 61.64% (+23.29%)
  05/30/1929 UK Parliament - Stockton-on-Tees Lost 36.07% (-5.20%)
  10/29/1924 UK Parliament - Stockton-on-Tees Won 42.02% (+8.91%)
  12/06/1923 UK Parliament - Stockton-on-Tees Lost 34.28% (-0.21%)
ENDORSEMENTS
UK Parliament - Oxford - By-election - Oct 27, 1938 IP Sandie Lindsay