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Iain Norman Macleod (11 November 1913 – 20 July 1970) was a British Conservative Party politician, government minister and journalist. A playboy and professional bridge player in his twenties, after war service Macleod worked for the Conservative Research Department before entering Parliament in 1950 .
Oct 14, 2022 · Iain Macleod was elected to Parliament, as MP for Enfield West, with a majority of 9,000 votes, at the general election in February 1950, aged 36. The following month, with Labour’s majority now reduced to five seats, he made his maiden speech, on the NHS.
Oct 14, 2022 · Iain Macleod was a British Conservative politician and government minister. He entered Parliament as an MP in 1950. He served as health minister and minister for Labour, before...
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.
Iain Macleod was a master of oratory, respected and enjoyed as much outside this House as within. Those who were present on that occasion will never forget the way in which he made the speech which led to him being made Minister of Health by Sir Winston Churchill, the then Prime Minister.
Jul 20, 2020 · Fifty years ago, the political world was rocked by the sudden death of the Yorkshire-born Chancellor of the Exchequer, Iain Macleod. Greg Wright reports.
Jul 21, 1970 · LONDON, Tuesday, July 21— lain Macleod, Chancellor of the Exchequer, died of a heart at tack tonight at his official resi dence, 11 Downing Street. He was 56 years old, and under went an...
