Secretary of State for EducationThe secretary of state for education, also referred to as the education secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for the work of the Department for Education, only overseeing education in England. The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.
Harold MacmillanPersonal detailsBornMaurice Harold Macmillan(1894-02-10)10 February 1894London, EnglandDied29 December 1986(1986-12-29) (aged 92)Horsted Keynes, West Sussex, EnglandResting placeSt Giles' Church, Horsted Keynes, West Sussex, EnglandPartyConservativeSpouseLady Dorothy Cavendish(m.1920; died 1966)Children4, including Maurice and CarolineEducationBalliol College, OxfordOccupationPublisherpoliticianCivilian awardsOrder of Merit (1976)Peerage (1984)SignatureMilitary serviceBranch/serviceBritish ArmyYears of service1914–1920RankCaptainUnitGrenadier GuardsBattles/warsFirst World WarBattle of LoosBattle of the SommeMilitary awards1914–15 StarBritish War MedalVictory MedalMaurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton (10 February 1894 – 29 December 1986) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1957 to 1963.
Government of India Act 1935The Government of India Act 1935 (25 & 26 Geo. 5. c. 42), also referred to as the Constitution Act between 1935 and 1947, was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, serving as the constitution and governing document of British India in its final years until its independence and partition into the dominions of India and Pakistan.
Hugh GaitskellHugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell (9 April 1906 – 18 January 1963) was a British politician who was Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1955 until his death in 1963. An economics lecturer and wartime civil servant, he was elected to Parliament in 1945 and held office in Clement Attlee's governments, notably as Minister of Fuel and Power following the bitter winter of 1946–47, and eventually joining the Cabinet as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Conservative Party (UK)The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly known as the Conservative Party and colloquially as the Tories, is a political party in the United Kingdom. It sits on the centre-right to right-wing of the left–right political spectrum.
Education Act 1944The Education Act 1944 (7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. 31) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which made major changes in the provision and governance of secondary schools in England and Wales. It is also known as the Butler Act after the President of the Board of Education, R. A. Butler. Historians consider it a "triumph for progressive reform", and it became a core element of the post-war consensus supported by all major parties.
Anthony EdenRobert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (12 June 1897 – 14 January 1977), was a British statesman, diplomat and military officer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1955 to 1957. Achieving rapid promotion as a young Conservative member of Parliament, he became foreign secretary aged 38, before resigning in protest at Neville Chamberlain's appeasement policy towards Benito Mussolini's Fascist regime in Italy.
Post-war consensusThe post-war consensus, sometimes called the post-war compromise, was the economic order and social model of which the major political parties in post-war Britain shared a consensus supporting view, from the end of World War II in Europe in 1945 to the late-1970s. It ended during the governance of Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher.
AppeasementDiplomatic policy of concessionsAdolf Hitler greets British Prime MinisterNeville Chamberlain at the beginning of the Bad Godesberg meeting on 24 September 1938 in which Hitler demanded annexation of Czech border areas without delay, leading to the Godesberg Memorandum.Appeasement, in an international context, is a diplomaticnegotiation policy of making political, material, or territorial concessions to an aggressive power with intention to avoid conflict.
1929 United Kingdom general electionA general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday 30 May 1929, after the previous Parliament was dissolved on 10 May. It resulted in a hung parliament: the Conservative Party, led by Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, won the most votes, but Ramsay MacDonald's Labour Party won the most seats in the House of Commons. This marked the first election where Labour emerged as the largest party, though they failed to win a majority.
Nazi GermanyGerman state from 1933 to 1945Nazi Germany, officially the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship. The Third Reich, meaning "Third Realm" or "Third Empire", referred to the Nazi claim that Nazi Germany was the successor to the Holy Roman Empire (800–1806) and the German Empire (1871–1918).*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.