Harold Macmillan

The Right Honourable The Earl of Stockton OM PC FRS
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
In office 10 January 1957 – 19 October 1963
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Deputy	Rab Butler (1962–63)
Preceded by	Sir Anthony Eden
Succeeded by	Sir Alec Douglas-Home
Leader of the Conservative Party
In office 10 January 1957 – 18 October 1963
Preceded by	Sir Anthony Eden
Succeeded by	Sir Alec Douglas-Home
Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office 20 December 1955 – 13 January 1957
Prime Minister	Sir Anthony Eden
Preceded by	Rab Butler
Succeeded by	Peter Thorneycroft
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
In office 7 April 1955 – 20 December 1955
Prime Minister	Sir Anthony Eden
Preceded by	Sir Anthony Eden
Succeeded by	Selwyn Lloyd
Other ministerial offices Minister of Defence In office 19 October 1954 – 7 April 1955 Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill Preceded by Earl Alexander of Tunis Succeeded by Selwyn Lloyd Minister of Housing and Local Government In office 30 October 1951 – 19 October 1954 Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill Preceded by Hugh Dalton Succeeded by Duncan Sandys Secretary of State for Air In office 25 May 1945 – 26 July 1945 Prime Minister Winston Churchill Preceded by Sir Archibald Sinclair Succeeded by Viscount Stansgate Minister Resident in Northwest Africa In office 30 December 1942 – 25 May 1945 Prime Minister Winston Churchill Preceded by New post Succeeded by Harold Balfour Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies In office 4 February 1942 – 30 December 1942 Prime Minister Winston Churchill Preceded by George Hall Succeeded by The Duke of Devonshire Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply In office 15 May 1940 – 4 February 1942 Prime Minister Winston Churchill Preceded by John Llewellin Succeeded by Viscount Portal
Member of Parliament for Bromley
In office 14 November 1945 – 16 October 1964
Preceded by	Sir Edward Campbell
Succeeded by	John Hunt
Member of Parliament for
In office 28 October 1931 – 6 July 1945
Preceded by	Frederick Fox Riley
Succeeded by	George Chetwynd
In office 30 October 1924 – 31 May 1929
Preceded by	Robert Strother Stewart
Succeeded by	Frederick Fox Riley
Personal details
Born	Maurice Harold Macmillan (1894-02-10)10 February 1894 Belgravia, London, England
Died	29 December 1986(1986-12-29) (aged 92) Chelwood Gate, East Sussex, England
Resting place	St Giles' Church, Horsted Keynes
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Lady Dorothy Cavendish (m. 1920; d. 1966)
Children	Maurice Macmillan Caroline Faber Catherine Amery Sarah Heath
Alma mater	Balliol College, Oxford
Profession	Publisher
Religion	Anglican
Civilian awards	Order of Merit Peerage
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1914–1920
Rank	Captain
Unit	Grenadier Guards
Battles/wars	First World War
Military awards	Victory Medal British War Medal

Selwyn Lloyd

Viscount Portal

Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC, FRS (10 February 1894 – 29 December 1986) was a British Conservative politician and statesman who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 January 1957 to 19 October 1963. Nicknamed "Supermac," he was known for his pragmatism, wit and unflappability.

Macmillan served in the Grenadier Guards during the First World War. He was wounded three times, most severely in September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He spent the rest of the war in a military hospital unable to walk, and suffered pain and partial immobility for the rest of his life. After the war Macmillan joined his family business, then entered Parliament in the 1924 General Election, for the northern industrial constituency of . After losing his seat in 1929, he regained it in 1931, soon after which he spoke out against the high rate of unemployment in Stockton-On-Tees, and against appeasement.

Rising to high office during the Second World War as a protégé of wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Macmillan then served as Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer under Churchill's successor Sir Anthony Eden. When Eden resigned in 1957 after the Suez Crisis, Macmillan succeeded him as Prime Minister.

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