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Iain Macleod

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Iain Macleod

British politician, cabinet minister and contract bridge player (1913-1970)

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About Iain Macleod

Iain Norman Macleod was a British Conservative Party politician. 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".

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Occupation: politician, journalist, editor
Position held: Chancellor of the Exchequer, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Leader of the House of Commons
Citizenship: United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Born: November 11, 1913
Died: July 20, 1970

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