For other people with similar names, see Iain MacLeod (disambiguation).
The Right Honourable
Iain Macleod
Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office 20 June 1970 – 20 July 1970
Prime Minister
Edward Heath
Preceded by
Roy Jenkins
Succeeded by
Anthony Barber
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office 11 November 1965 – 20 June 1970
Leader
Edward Heath
Preceded by
Edward Heath
Succeeded by
Roy Jenkins
Leader of the House of Commons
In office 9 October 1961 – 20 October 1963
Prime Minister
Harold Macmillan
Preceded by
Rab Butler
Succeeded by
Selwyn Lloyd
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In office 9 October 1961 – 20 October 1963
Prime Minister
Harold Macmillan
Preceded by
Charles Hill
Succeeded by
The Lord Blakenham
Chairman of the Conservative Party
In office 9 October 1961 – 20 October 1963
Leader
Harold Macmillan
Preceded by
Rab Butler
Succeeded by
The Lord Blakenham
Secretary of State for the Colonies
In office 14 October 1959 – 9 October 1961
Prime Minister
Harold Macmillan
Preceded by
Alan Lennox-Boyd
Succeeded by
Reginald Maudling
Minister of Labour and National Service
In office 20 December 1955 – 14 October 1959
Prime Minister
Anthony Eden Harold Macmillan
Preceded by
Walter Monckton
Succeeded by
Edward Heath
Minister of Health
In office 7 May 1952 – 20 December 1955
Prime Minister
Winston Churchill Anthony Eden
Preceded by
Harry Crookshank
Succeeded by
Robin Turton
Member of Parliament for Enfield West
In office 23 February 1950 – 20 July 1970
Preceded by
Ernest Davies (Enfield)
Succeeded by
Cecil Parkinson
Personal details
Born
Iain Norman Macleod
(1913-11-11)11 November 1913 Skipton, United Kingdom
Died
20 July 1970(1970-07-20) (aged 56) London, United Kingdom
Political party
Conservative
Spouse
Evelyn Blois
(m. 1941)
Children
2
Alma mater
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Iain Norman Macleod (11 November 1913 – 20 July 1970) was a British Conservative Party politician and government minister.
A playboy and professional bridge player in his twenties, after war service Macleod worked for the Conservative Research Department before entering Parliament in 1950. He was noted as a formidable Parliamentary debater and—later—as a platform orator. He was quickly appointed Minister of Health, later serving as Minister of Labour. He served an important term as Secretary of State for the Colonies under Harold Macmillan in the early 1960s, overseeing the independence of many African countries from British rule but earning the enmity of Conservative right-wingers, and the soubriquet that he was "too clever by half".
Macleod was unhappy with the "emergence" of Sir Alec Douglas-Home as party leader and Prime Minister in succession to Macmillan in 1963 (he claimed to have supported Macmillan's deputy Rab Butler, although it is unclear exactly what his recommendation had been). He refused to serve in Home's government, and while serving as editor of The Spectator alleged that the succession had been stitched up by Macmillan and a "magic circle" of Old Etonians.
Macleod did not contest the first ever Conservative Party leadership election in 1965, but endorsed the eventual winner Edward Heath. When the Conservatives returned to power in June 1970, he was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer in Heath's government, but died suddenly only a month later.
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European Economic Community. However, following the sudden death of IainMacleod on 20 July, only four weeks after the election, Barber became the new...
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1947, which had been covered by Indian news sources. On 3 May 1961, IainMacleod, who was Secretary of State for the Colonies, wrote a telegram to all...
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nationalism, which he has described as an "ugly brand of politics". In 2020, Iain Martin of The Times described Burnham as a "former Blairite" and associated...
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