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Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton (February 10, 1894 - December 29, 1986) was a British Conservative politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963.
Macmillan supported the creation of the National Incomes Commission as a means to institute controls on income as part of his growth without inflation policy, a further series of subtle indicators and controls were also introduced during his premiership.
Macmillan was a major force in the successful negotiations leading to Britain, the U.S., and the Soviet Union signing the Partial Test Ban Treaty in 1962.
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 Macmillan, (Maurice) Harold, 1st earl of Stockton. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
A descendant of the founder of the publishing house of Macmillan and Company, he was educated at Eton and at Oxford and served in World War I. He entered Parliament in 1924 as a Conservative.
In the 1959 election, Macmillan told the country, “You’ve never had it so good,” pointing to the full employment and substantial rise in real earnings of the 1950s, and he and his party won a landslide victory.
Macmillan served as chancellor (1960–86) of Oxford Univ. and as chairman (1963–74) of the Macmillan publishing house.
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 Harold Macmillan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Right Honourable Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton and Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden, OM, PC, (10 February 1894 - 29 December 1986), nicknamed "Supermac" and "Mac the Knife", was a British Conservative politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963.
Macmillan supported the creation of the as a means to institute controls on income as part of his growth without inflation policy, a further series of subtle indicators and controls were also introduced during his premiership.
This proved controversial as it was alleged that Macmillan had pulled strings and utilised the party's grandees, nicknamed "The Magic Circle", to ensure that Butler was not chosen as his successor.
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 British Prime Ministers: MacMillan, Maurice Harold (1894-1986)
Macmillan's reputation was partly rehabilitated by the successful negotiations (July 1963) among Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union for the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty, but demands continued within his own party for a new and younger leader, and, after undergoing surgery, he resigned his office on Oct. 18, 1963.
Macmillan refused a peerage and retired from the House of Commons in September 1964.
Macmillan's papers are currently held at the Bodelian Library at Oxford University and his Foreign Office papers are held by the Public Record Office.
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The_Right_Honourable Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC (10_February 1894–29_December 1986), nicknamed "Supermac" and "Mac the Knife", was a British Conservative politician and Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom from 1957 to 1963.
Macmillan also saw the value of a rapprochement with Europe and sought belated entry to the European_Economic_Community (EEC) as well as exploring the possibility of a European_Free_Trade_Area (EFTA).
Macmillan was a major force in the successful negotiations leading to Britain, the U.S., and the Soviet Union signing the Partial_Test_Ban_Treaty in 1962.
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The Right Honourable Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC (10 February 1894–29 December 1986), nicknamed "Supermac" and "Mac the Knife", was a British Conservative politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963.
Earl of Stockton is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created in 1984, along with the subsidiary title of Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden, of Chelwood Gate in the County of East Sussex and of Stockton-on-Tees in the County of Cleveland, which is the courtesy title...
Macmillan also saw the value of a rapprochement with Europe and sought belated entry to the European Economic Community (EEC) as well as exploring the possibility of a European Free Trade Area (EFTA).
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Individuals such as Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin and Robert Harley were recognised as the leaders of their respective ministries, but they cannot be considered Prime Ministers in the modern sense, given that they exercised little control over their colleagues.
Furthermore, some such as Harold Macmillan and John Major have lived in whilst 10 Downing Street was undergoing renovations or repairs.
Firstly, in 1766, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (previously William Pitt the Elder) was asked by the King to form a ministry, but chose to take the office of Lord Privy Seal instead of the position of First Lord.
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Alexander Daniel Allan Macmillan, 2nd Earl of Stockton (born 1943) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.
He inherited his peerage from his grandfather, Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963.
Both his father Maurice Victor Macmillan (1920-1984) and his grandfather preceded him as Chairman of Macmillan Publishers Ltd., the publishing house long owned by the family.
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Harrowby, 2nd Lord, later 1st Earl of Harrowby, Dudley Ryder: an unlucky Foreign Secretary: at the end of 1804, having fallen downstairs on his head at the Foreign Office, he became at once 'totally disqualified for so laborious a post' and was compelled by ill-health to resign (DNB).
Halifax, 3rd Viscount, later 1st Earl: along with Sir Samuel Hoare, he was one of two Foreign Secretaries from the 1930s to end his career as an Ambassador, to Washington.
Macmillan, Harold, later Lord Stockton: his leading contributions were not made during his brief tenure of the Foreign Office.
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 Harold Macmillan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton (10 February 1894 - 29 December 1986) was a British Conservative politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963.
When Eden resigned in January 1957 he was succeeded by Macmillan on the 10th (despite many expecting R.A. Butler to succeed instead) and Macmillan also became leader of the Conservative Party (22nd).
He died at Birch Grove in Sussex in 1986 at the age of 92 years and 322 days - to date the greatest age attained by any British Prime Minister.
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 Macmillan, Harold --  Encyclopædia Britannica
The son of an American-born mother and the grandson of a founder of the London publishing house of Macmillan and Co., he was educated at Balliol College, Oxford.
Minister of Defence Harold Macmillan announced in his Statement of Defence, on Feb. 17, 1955, that the United Kingdom planned to develop and produce hydrogen bombs.
The international prestige of Great Britain was at a low ebb in January 1957 when Harold Macmillan succeeded the ailing Anthony Eden as prime minister and leader of the Conservative party.
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Macmillan was born in (Click link for more info and facts about Brixton) Brixton.
Macmillan also saw the value of a rapproachment with Europe and sought belated entry to the (An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members) European Economic Community (EEC) as well as exploring the possibility of a European Free Trade Area (EFTA).
Macmillan was a major force in the successful negotiations leading to Britain, the U.S., and the Soviet Union signing the (Click link for more info and facts about Partial Test Ban Treaty) Partial Test Ban Treaty in 1962.
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Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM (10 February 1894 - 29 December 1986) was a British Conservative politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963.
Macmillan brushed aside this incident as "a little local difficulty".Macmillan supported the creation of the National Incomes Commission as a means to institute controls on income as part of his growth without inflation policy, a further series of subtle indicators and controls were also introduced during his premiership.Macmillan also took close control of foreign policy.
Macmillan famously replied: "Id like that translated, if I may."Following the technical failures of a British independent nuclear deterrent with the Blue Streak and the Blue Steel projects, Macmillan negotiated the supply of American polaris missiles under the Nassau agreement in December 1962.
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Macmillan was a Director of the company, although his brother ran it on a day-to-day basis.
Macmillan's major contributions were in foreign policy (he held the post of Foreign Secretary at the same time as Prime Minister).
Macmillan is perhaps best remembered for his Winds of Change speech, given in South Africa, which promoted the right of native peoples to be granted their independence.
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The 2nd Earl Temple (George Grenville, later the 1st Marquess of Buckingham, 1753-1813), Foreign Secretary Dec. 19-23, 1783 under Pitt, the Younger.
The 3rd Earl Bathurst (Henry Bathurst, 1762-1834), Foreign Secretary 11th Oct. 1809-Dec. 1809 under Portland; later, he was Secretary for War and Colonies from 1812-27.
Harold Macmillan (1894-1986, the 1st Earl of Stockton later), Foreign Secretary 1955 under Eden (he became Prime Minister himself 1957-63).
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 Alexander Macmillan, 2nd Earl of Stockton -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
He inherited his peerage from his grandfather, (Click link for more info and facts about Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton) Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, who was (Click link for more info and facts about Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963.
Both his father (Click link for more info and facts about Maurice Victor Macmillan) Maurice Victor Macmillan (1920-1984) and his grandfather preceded him as Chairman of (Click link for more info and facts about Macmillan Publishers Ltd.) Macmillan Publishers Ltd., the publishing house long owned by the family.
The 2nd Earl sold it to the German (Click link for more info and facts about Holtzbrinck group) Holtzbrinck group.
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 Earl of Stockton - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Earl of Stockton - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
his son and heir: Daniel Maurice Alan Macmillan, Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden (b.
Earl of Stockton and Earl of Stockton (1984).
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 Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton (1894-1986), Prime Minister
A member of the publishing dynasty, Macmillan served in the 1914-18 war, and was wounded three times.
Macmillan wrote an argument for Conservatism, The Middle Way (1938) and was regarded by many of his party as a 'neo-socialist'.
Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton; Richard Austen Butler, 1st Baron Butler of Saffron Walden; (John) Selwyn Brooke Lloyd, Baron Selwyn-Lloyd; (Alfred) Ernest Marples, 1st Baron Marples
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