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HAROLD MACMILLAN 1894 - 1986

 

Harold Macmillan 1894-1986

 


Maurice Harold Macmillan was not only the Earl of Stockton and the Viscount of Ovenden, but also the conservative British Prime Minister from 1957 to 1963.

 

Harold Macmillan's Life

Harold Macmillan fought in WWI.

He became prime minister on January 10, 1957.

On February 3, 1960, a gutsy Macmillan gave his Wind of Change speech before members of both Houses of Parliament in the Parliamentary Dining Room, Cape Town, South Africa, and, more importantly, before the creator of apartheid, Hendrik Verword.

Macmillan had already delivered this same speech a month earlier in Ghana.

In South Africa, Macmillan's speech was not embraced by everyone, some members of the audience refused to applaud after he had finished.

In particular, South Africa's Prime Minister Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd politely begged to differ. Verwoerd thanked Macmillan for his speech, but said he could not agree.

Macmillan's speech rocked the political boat of many contemporaries, as it marked a significant shift in British foreign policy towards decolonization.

According to BBC, this speech

"was the first sign that the British government accepted that the days of Empire were over, and it dramatically speeded up the process of African independence."


At home, Macmillan got heat from right-wingers as well.

 

And speaking about Verwoerd...

On September 6, 1966, as Verwoerd sat presiding over parliament, he was stabbed to death by a temp. Demetrio Tsafendas, also called Dimitri Tsafendas, pretended to deliver a message but presented a blade instead. Tsafendas, a Mozambique immigrant, was later judged to be insane.

See also Assassinations in History.

 

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Macmillan had to resign his post on October 18, 1963, because of ill-health.

 

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