Harold Macmillan

Harold Mcmillan was born in 1894, to a family known for publishing jobs. His grandfather, Daniel Macmillan, was one of the co-founders of the famous Macmillan Publishers. From an early age, Macmillan found himself studying extensively, going to Summer Fields School in Oxford, and later to Eton College, as many Prime ministers before him, only to be invalided out in his layer. In 1912, he joined Balliol College, where he first came into contact with politics, joining the political clubs. During his time there, he would read Disraeli regularly, while being impressed by Lioyd George's speeches and actions. When the First World War came around in 1914, he immediately volunteered, serving in the King's Royal Rifle Corps, and later moved to the Grenadier Guards. During his service, Macmillan was wounded twice, once in the battle of LOOs, being shot in the right hand and wounded on the head, and again in the battle of the Somme, which would force him to spend the rest of the war in a hospital.

Macmillan's political career would begin in 1924 when he was elected Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party. He would escalate positions slowly, being Colonial Under-Secretary, Minister Resident in the Mediterranean, and Air Secretary during the Second World war, only to be appointed Defense Minister During Churchill's term in 1951. He'd keep his position until 1955, serving under Anthony Eden, only to then be shuffled into the position of Foreign Secretary.