Directory of Macmillan, Harold Resources

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Harold Macmillan, British Prime Minister 1957-63, Conservative. Born: 10 February 1894 in London. Died: 29 December 1986 at Chelwood Gate, Sussex.

Resources in This Category

• BBC History: Harold Macmillan

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/macmillan_harold.shtml
  Biography with links to articles on related historic figures and events.

• BBC On This Day: Harold Macmillan dies

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/29/newsid_2547000/2547307.stm
  News of the former Prime Minister's death on December 29, 1986; includes video footage.

• BBC On This Day: Macmillan becomes Prime Minister

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/10/newsid_3783000/3783251.stm
  News of Macmillans's appointment on January 10, 1957, with timeline and background information.

• BBC On This Day: Macmillan speaks of 'wind of change' in Africa

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/3/newsid_2714000/2714525.stm
  Report of Macmillan's controversial speech on February 3, 1960, with timeline and background information.

• Gresham College: Leadership and Change: Prime Ministers in the Post-War World - Macmillan

  http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/leadership-and-change-prime-ministers-in-the-post-war-world-macmillan
  Lecture by Richard Thorpe with response by David Faber. Full text, audio and video files.

• InfoBritain: Harold Macmillan

  http://www.infobritain.co.uk/Harold_Macmillan.htm
  Biographical article.

• Remembering Harold Macmillan

  http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Remembering+Harold+Macmillan.-a0221023267
  George Wedd reviews Charles Williams's biography. Originally published in the Contemporary Review.

• Telegraph: Supermac: the Life of Harold Macmillan by D R Thorpe

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/non_fictionreviews/8020768/Supermac-the-Life-of-Harold-Macmillan-by-D-R-Thorpe-review.html
  Harold Macmillan could not cope with the Sixties, says Simon Heffer as he analyses D R Thorpe's new biography, Supermac.

• The Guardian: Harold Macmillan - Unflappable master of the middle way

  http://www.theguardian.com/politics/1986/dec/30/obituaries
  Obituary by Vernon Bogdanor, with many biographical details.

• The Independent: Harold Macmillan, By Charles Williams

  http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/harold-macmillan-by-charles-williams-1749441.html
  Kenneth Morgan's review of the biography.

• Time: Britain: A Leader for the Last Days of Empire, Harold Macmillan: 1894-1986

  http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,963201,00.html
  A look at Macmillan's life after his death.

• Time: Shake-Up

  http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,896360,00.html
  How Macmillan reorganized his cabinet and earned the name 'Mac the Knife' in 1962.

 

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