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Harold Macmillan was born in London on 10 February His grandfather had founded Macmillan Publishers. Macmillan was educated at Oxford University and served with distinction in World War One. He became Conservative member of parliament for Stockton-on-Tees in , losing his seat in but regaining it in His advocacy of social reform and his support for Winston Churchill's anti-appeasement stance brought him few rewards in the s. With the outbreak of war his political fortunes changed. In - , he was minister resident at the allied headquarters in the Mediterranean, where he became a friend of General (later President) Dwight Eisenhower. Macmillan was transformed from an awkward and aloof maverick into a polished and self-confident executive. He lost his seat in but soon returned to parliament as MP for

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