The Conservative government of the United Kingdom that began in 1957 and ended in 1964 consisted of three ministries: the first Macmillan ministry, second...
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ministry, the British government under Sir Anthony Eden (1955–1957) Conservative government, 1957–1964, the British government under Harold Macmillan...
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from the late 1950s such as under the four-successive leader Conservative government, 1957–1964. These set a social norm for a majority of out-of-town journeys...
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Libertarian conservatism (redirect from Small-government conservative)
classical liberal thought; libertarian conservatives are far more anti-statist and are much more hostile to government intervention in both social and economic...
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Ernest Marples (category Ministers in the Macmillan and Douglas-Home governments, 1957–1964)
July 1978) was a British Conservative politician who served as Postmaster General (1957–1959) and Minister of Transport (1959–1964). As Postmaster General...
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Peter Thorneycroft (category Ministers in the Macmillan and Douglas-Home governments, 1957–1964)
1909 – 4 June 1994) was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer between 1957 and 1958. Born in Dunston, Staffordshire...
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Harold Macmillan (category Ministers in the Macmillan and Douglas-Home governments, 1957–1964)
December 1986) was a British statesman and Conservative politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963. Nicknamed "Supermac", he was...
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previously supported the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and 1960, Goldwater opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, saying it was unconstitutional. Democrats successfully...
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Henry Brooke, Baron Brooke of Cumnor (category Ministers in the Macmillan and Douglas-Home governments, 1957–1964)
Brooke of Cumnor, CH, PC (9 April 1903 – 29 March 1984) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Chief Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster...
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Duncan Sandys (category Ministers in the Macmillan and Douglas-Home governments, 1957–1964)
November 1987), was a British politician and minister in successive Conservative governments in the 1950s and 1960s. He was a son-in-law of Winston Churchill...
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party candidate has achieved an absolute majority. During the Conservative Government 1957-1964 "The 2023 Review of Parliamentary Constituency Boundaries...
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The 1964 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 15 October 1964. It resulted in the Conservatives, led by Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home...
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Simon Wingfield Digby (redirect from Simon Digby (Conservative politician))
Digby Wingfield Digby (13 February 1910 – 22 March 1998) was a British Conservative politician. He was elected as member of parliament (MP) for West Dorset...
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Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone (category Ministers in the Macmillan and Douglas-Home governments, 1957–1964)
Guilty: The Conservative Reply. A Vindication of Government Policy. "Foreword by the Rt. Hon. Viscount Hailsham, Q.C." London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1957. OCLC Number:...
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John Maclay, 1st Viscount Muirshiel (category Ministers in the Macmillan and Douglas-Home governments, 1957–1964)
Scotland from 1957 to 1962 within Harold Macmillan's Conservative government, having held a number of junior ministerial posts beforehand. In 1964, he was elevated...
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Alec Douglas-Home (category Ministers in the Macmillan and Douglas-Home governments, 1957–1964)
was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1963 to 1964. He was the last prime minister...
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Maurice Macmillan (category Ministers in the Macmillan and Douglas-Home governments, 1957–1964)
Macmillan of Ovenden, PC (27 January 1921 – 10 March 1984), was a British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament. He was the only son of Harold...
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Barry Goldwater (redirect from Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater)
disagreeing with Title II and Title VII. In the 1964 U.S. presidential election, Goldwater mobilized a large conservative constituency to win the Republican nomination...
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Confederation in 1867 until 1942, the original Conservative Party of Canada participated in numerous governments and had multiple names. In 1942, its name...
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Rab Butler (category Ministers in the Macmillan and Douglas-Home governments, 1957–1964)
Act 1944. When the Conservatives returned to power in 1951, he served as Chancellor of the Exchequer (1951–1955), Home Secretary (1957–1962), First Secretary...
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Peter Legh, 4th Baron Newton (category Ministers in the Macmillan and Douglas-Home governments, 1957–1964)
Assistant Government Whip from 1953 to 1955, as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury from 1955 to 1957, as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household from 1957 to 1959...
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David Renton (category Ministers in the Macmillan and Douglas-Home governments, 1957–1964)
accordance with the party's successive mergers with the Conservatives, as a "National Liberal and Conservative", then in 1968 he was one of the final three National...
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name was changed to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government by the new Conservative government following the October 1951 general election. It was...
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David Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir (category Ministers in the Macmillan and Douglas-Home governments, 1957–1964)
1942 to 1954 and as Viscount Kilmuir from 1954 to 1962, was a British Conservative politician, lawyer and judge who combined an industrious and precocious...
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Edward Heath (category Ministers in the Macmillan and Douglas-Home governments, 1957–1964)
Alec Douglas-Home. After the Conservatives were defeated at the 1964 election, Heath was elected as Leader of the Conservative Party in 1965, becoming Leader...
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had to persuade "the most conservative and respected profession in the country to accept and operate the Labour government's most intrinsically socialist...
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moderate, and conservative wings. During this period, conservative Democrats formed the Democratic half of the conservative coalition. After 1964, the Democratic...
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John Profumo (category Ministers in the Macmillan and Douglas-Home governments, 1957–1964)
scandal rocked the Conservative government, and was generally held to have been among the causes of its defeat by Labour at the 1964 election. Macmillan...
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Dennis Vosper, Baron Runcorn (category Ministers in the Macmillan and Douglas-Home governments, 1957–1964)
(MP) for Runcorn, Cheshire in 1950, holding the seat until 1964. He held office as Conservative Whip, 1950–1954; as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury,...
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Gordon Campbell, Baron Campbell of Croy (category Ministers in the Macmillan and Douglas-Home governments, 1957–1964)
Campbell of Croy, MC, PC, DL (8 June 1921 – 26 April 2005) was a British Conservative politician and diplomat. Campbell was born in Quetta, British India (now...
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