The Resume

(February 10, 1894-December 29, 1986)
Born in London, United Kingdom
Birth name was Maurice Harold Macmillan
Member of Parliament (1924-29,1931-64)
Minister of Defense (1954-55)
Foreign Secretary (1955)
Chancellor of the Exchequer (1955-57)
Prime Minister (1957-63)

Why he might be annoying:

During the Suez Crisis (1956-57), he was described as 'First In, First Out': one of the earliest supporters of the invasion, then a prime mover in British withdrawal.
He appointed 35 relatives to government posts, including 7 cabinet positions.
His nephew Andrew Cavendish described his appointment as Minister for Colonial Affairs as 'the greatest act of nepotism ever.'
When the three top Treasury officials resigned to protest his economic policies, he dismissed it as 'a little local difficulty.'
His goverment collapsed over the Profumo affair.
Reading his six-volume autobiography was described as being like 'chewing on cardboard.'

Why he might not be annoying:

He was wounded three times during World War I.
He decided not to return to Oxford after WWI, saying so many of his fellow students had died that the university would never be the same.
During the 30s, he criticized Neville Chamberlain's appeasement policies.
He played a key role in negotiating the Partial Test Ban Treaty between the UK, the US and the USSR (1962).
Asked by a reporter what was the greatest challenge for a statesman, he replied, 'Events, my dear boy, events.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• British Prime Ministers (Ranked: 45)
• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 07]
• I Attended Eton
• I Attended Oxford
• I Attended Winston Churchill’s State Funeral [January 30, 1965]
• I Died in 1986 (Ranked: 92)
• I Had a Nervous Breakdown
• I Outlived My Child
• I Took a Bullet
• Known By a Middle Name
• P.C.'s and Mac's
• People with Tom, Dick or Harry in their Names
• Profiles 21251-21500 (Ranked: 21301)
• Served in World War I
• Sixty-Nine
• The Profumo Affair
• UK Telegraph's Top 25 Political Speeches of All Time [August 28, 2008] (Ranked: 7)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 88.89% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 30 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 26 Votes: 76.92% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 26 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 25 Votes: 64.00% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 24 Votes: 62.50% Annoying