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He represented the parliamentary constituency of Enfield, West, and served as a minister in the Conservative Governments of the 1950s. As Minister for Health under Winston Churchill (after succeeding Henry Crookshanks to the post in 1952) he famously made the announcement that British clinician Richard Doll had proved the link between smoking and lung cancer at a press conference during which he chain smoked throughout.
In the Macmillan governments he served as first Minister of Labour and National Service (1957-9) and then as Secretary of State for the Colonies (1959-63) where he presided over considerable decolonisation; in 1962 he also added the Chancellorship of the Duchy of Lancaster to his portfolio.
But when Harold Macmillan acted to block the succession of Rab Butler to his position as Conservative party leader and prime minister, Macleod (along with Enoch Powell) refused to serve under Alec Douglas-HomeAlexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel KT 1 ( July 2, 1903 October 9, 1995), known from 1951 to 1963 as the 14th Earl of Home was a British politician, and served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for a year from October 1963 to and was subsequently passed over for a position in the Douglas-Home government.
He was at one time editor of The SpectatorThe Spectator is a British conservative political magazine, established 1828, published weekly. It claims to be the oldest continually published magazine in the English language. The current editor is Boris Johnson, and it is owned by the Barclay brothers, and the coinage of the word stagflationStagflation is a term in macroeconomics used to describe a period of characteristic high inflation combined with economic stagnation, unemployment, or economic recession. Stagflation is thought to occur when there is an adverse shock (a sudden increase, s is attributed to him.
Shortly before his death he had been appointed as Chancellor of the ExchequerThe Chancellor of the Exchequer is the ancient title held by the British cabinet minister whose responsibilities are akin to the posts of Minister for Finance or Secretary of the Treasury in other jurisdictions. The third oldest major state office in Engl by Prime Minister Edward HeathThe Right Honourable Sir Edward Richard George Heath KG, MBE (born July 9, 1916) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975. His spell in office represented a transition between the tr. He left behind him an outline budget which most observers found surprisingly hard-line in its proposals for control of public spending and tax reform.
Many conservative politicians of generations following Macleod recalled him as an inspirational speaker, and John MajorThe Right Honourable John Major CH is a British politician and was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1990 to 1997, attaining that office when he succeeded Margaret Thatcher as Conservative Party leader. Early life Major was born March 29, 1943, th specifically cited his example on taking office. Many believe he would have made a good leader for the party had he lived.
| Preceded by: Harry Crookshank | Minister of HealthMinister of Health redirects here. For the Canadian Minister of Health please see Minister of Health (Canada Secretary of State for Health is a UK cabinet position responsible for the Department of Health. The first Boards of Health were created by Orders 1952–1955 | Followed by: Robin Turton |
| Preceded by: Walter Monckton | Minister of Labour and National Service 1955–1959 | Followed by: Edward Heath |
| Preceded by: Alan Lennox-Boyd | Secretary of State for the Colonies 1959–1961 | Followed by: Reginald Maudling |
| Preceded by: Charles Hill | Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1961–1963 | Followed by: The Viscount Blakenham |
| Preceded by: Roy Jenkins | Chancellor of the Exchequer 1970 | Followed by: Anthony Barber |
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