Harold Macmillan
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.
Cabinets
For a full list of Ministerial office-holders, see Conservative Government 1957-1964.
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January 1957 - October 1959
- Harold Macmillan: Prime Minister
- Lord Kilmuir: Lord Chancellor
- Lord Salisbury: Lord President of the Council
- Rab Butler: Lord Privy Seal and Secretary of State for the Home Department
- Peter Thorneycroft: Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Selwyn Lloyd: Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
- Alan Lennox-Boyd: Secretary of State for the Colonies
- Lord Home: Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations
- Sir David Eccles: President of the Board of Trade
- Charles Hill: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- Lord Hailsham: Minister of Education
- John Scott Maclay: Secretary of State for Scotland
- Derick Heathcoat Amory: Minister of Agriculture
- Iain Macleod: Minister of Labour and National Service
- Harold Arthur Watkinson: Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation
- Duncan Edwin Sandys: Minister of Defence
- Lord Mills: Minister of Power
- Henry Brooke: Minister of Housing and Local Government and Welsh Affairs
- March 1957 - Lord Home succeeds Lord Salisbury as Lord President, remaining also Commonwealth Relations Secretary.
- September 1957 - Lord Hailsham succeeds Lord Home as Lord President, Home remaining Commonwealth Relations Secretary. Geoffrey Lloyd succeeds Hailsham as Minister of Education. The Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Reginald Maudling, enters the Cabinet.
- January 1958 - Derick Heathcoat Amory succeeds Peter Thorneycroft as Chancellor of the Exchequer. John Hare succeeds Amory as Minister of Agriculture.
Change
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October 1959 - July 1960
- Harold Macmillan: Prime Minister
- Lord Kilmuir: Lord Chancellor
- Lord Home: Lord President of the Council and Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations
- Lord Hailsham: Lord Privy Seal and Minister of Science
- Derick Heathcoat Amory: Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Rab Butler: Secretary of State for the Home Department
- Selwyn Lloyd: Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
- Iain Macleod: Secretary of State for the Colonies
- Reginald Maudling: President of the Board of Trade
- Charles Hill: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- Sir David Eccles: Minister of Education
- Lord Mills: Chief Secretary to the Treasury
- Ernest Marples: Minister of Transport
- Duncan Edwin Sandys: Minister of Aviation
- Harold Arthur Watkinson: Minister of Defence
- John Scott Maclay: Secretary of State for Scotland
- Edward Heath: Minister of Labour and National Service
- John Hare: Minister of Agriculture
- Henry Brooke: Minister of Housing and Local Government and Welsh Affairs
July 1960 - October 1961
- Harold Macmillan: Prime Minister
- Lord Kilmuir: Lord Chancellor
- Lord Hailsham: Lord President of the Council and Minister of Science
- Edward Heath: Lord Privy Seal
- Selwyn Lloyd: Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Rab Butler: Secretary of State for the Home Department
- Lord Home: Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
- Iain Macleod: Secretary of State for the Colonies
- Duncan Edwin Sandys: Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations
- Reginald Maudling: President of the Board of Trade
- Charles Hill: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- Sir David Eccles: Minister of Education
- Lord Hailsham: Minister of Science
- Lord Mills: Chief Secretary to the Treasury
- Ernest Marples: Minister of Transport
- Peter Thorneycroft: Minister of Aviation
- Harold Arthur Watkinson: Minister of Defence
- John Scott Maclay: Secretary of State for Scotland
- John Hare: Minister of Labour and National Service
- Christopher Soames: Minister of Agriculture
- Henry Brooke: Minister of Housing and Local Government and Welsh Affairs
October 1961 - July 1962
- Harold Macmillan: Prime Minister
- Lord Kilmuir: Lord Chancellor
- Lord Hailsham: Lord President of the Council and Minister of Science
- Edward Heath: Lord Privy Seal
- Selwyn Lloyd: Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Rab Butler: Secretary of State for the Home Department
- Lord Home: Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
- Iain Macleod: Secretary of State for the Colonies
- Duncan Edwin Sandys: Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations
- Frederick Erroll: President of the Board of Trade
- Iain Macleod: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- Sir David Eccles: Minister of Education
- Henry Brooke: Chief Secretary to the Treasury
- Ernest Marples: Minister of Transport
- Peter Thorneycroft: Minister of Aviation
- Harold Arthur Watkinson: Minister of Defence
- John Scott Maclay: Secretary of State for Scotland
- John Hare: Minister of Labour and National Service
- Christopher Soames: Minister of Agriculture
- Charles Hill: Minister of Housing and Local Government and Welsh Affairs
- Lord Mills: Minister without Portfolio
July 1962 - October 1963
In a radical reshuffle dubbed "The Night of the Long Knives", Macmillan sacked a third of his Cabinet and instituted many other changes.
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- Harold Macmillan: Prime Minister
- Rab Butler: Deputy Prime Minister and First Secretary of State
- Lord Dilhorne: Lord Chancellor
- Lord Hailsham: Lord President of the Council and Minister of Science
- Edward Heath: Lord Privy Seal
- Reginald Maudling: Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Henry Brooke: Secretary of State for the Home Department
- Lord Home: Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
- Iain Macleod: Secretary of State for the Colonies
- Duncan Edwin Sandys: Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations
- Frederick Erroll: President of the Board of Trade
- Iain Macleod: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- Sir Edward Boyle: Minister of Education
- John Boyd-Carpenter: Chief Secretary to the Treasury
- Ernest Marples: Minister of Transport
- Julian Amery: Minister of Aviation
- Peter Thorneycroft: Minister of Defence
- Michael Noble: Secretary of State for Scotland
- John Hare: Minister of Labour and National Service
- Christopher Soames: Minister of Agriculture
- Sir Keith Joseph: Minister of Housing and Local Government and Welsh Affairs
- Enoch Powell: Minister of Health
- William Francis Deedes: Minister without Portfolio
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