PROFUMO, JOHN DENNIS

1915–, British politician. After studying at Harrow and Oxford, he entered Parliament as a Conservative member in 1940 and left in 1945 for an appointment as chief of staff in Japan. Returning to Parliament in 1950, he held several posts, becoming (1960) Harold Macmillan's secretary of war. He resigned from the cabinet in 1963 after lying to the House of Commons about his affair with teen-age showgirl Christine Keeler, who was also involved with a Soviet naval attaché. Thereafter dedicating himself to philanthropy, he was named Commander of the British Empire in 1975 for his charitable work.

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The John Updike Encyclopedia
Book by Jack De Bellis; Greenwood Press, 2000
Subjects: Updike, John--Chronology, Updike, John--Encyclopedias
The John Updike Encyclopedia 1998 Rob Upton THE JOHN UPDIKE ENCYCLOPEDIA Jack De Bellis GREENWOOD PRESS...Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data De Jack Bellis. The John Updike encyclopedia / Jack De Bellis. p. cm. Includes...
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Conversations with Kennedy
Book by Benjamin C. Bradlee; Norton, 1975
Subjects: Bradlee, Benjamin C, Kennedy, John F--(John Fitzgerald)--1917-1963
...criticized casually the New York Herald Tribune and "Dennison," as he called Tribune editor John Denson, my former Newsweek boss, and said he...Friend Billie Sol Bradlee, With Best Regards, John F. Kennedy," and gave it to me right there. But...
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New Perspectives on Keynes
Book by Allin F. Cottrell, Michael S. Lawlor; Duke University Press, 1995
Subjects: Keynes, John Maynard--1883-1946, Keynesian Economics
...Macmillan. CW Keynes John Neville. 1844. Studies and...71 :391 418. Lindley Dennis V. 1977. The Distinction...University Press. Venn John. 1865. The Logic of Chance...The Collected Writings of John Maynard Keynes . 30 Vols. Edited...
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From New Towns to Green Politics: Campaigning for Town and Country Planning, 1946-1990
Book by Dennis Hardy; E & FN Spon, 1991
Subjects: City Planning--Great Britain--History, Town And Country Planning Association (Great Britain)--History
...history-including Brian Anson, Maurice Ash, John Blake, Rob Cowan, Derek Diamond...project. Edmund Penning-Rowsell, Dennis Parker and Dave North have all...and acceptance. The likes of John Locke, Jean Jacques Rousseau...recently-demobilized RAF officer, John Mumford, lasted only a year...
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A Dictionary of Political Biography
Book by Dennis Kavanagh; Oxford University Press, 1998
Subjects: Biography--20th Century--Dictionaries, Heads Of State--Biography--Dictionaries, Statesmen--Biography--Dictionaries
...General Editor Dennis Kavanagh Professor Department...University of Liverpool John Craig Senior Lecturer Department...University of London John Wiseman Senior Lecturer...Fortner Soviet Kavanagh, Dennis Britain, USA Union...
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Phi Alpha Theta Initiates
Journal article; The Historian, Vol. 68, 2006
...Labriola, Katherine Nepute, John Pfleger, Joseph Sanfilippo...Caskey Nielsen, Katherine Anne Profumo, Victoria E. Tevis. Washburn...Ross, Chantel Smith, Ben Smuin, John O. Stevens, Shauna Stewart...Glowa, Krista Golia, Beth Quinn, John Read, Bryan Rickert, Nicholas...


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magazine articles on: Profumo John Dennis  - 2 results

 
 
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The Global Finance 600: the World's Most Powerful Financial Players
Magazine article; Global Finance, Vol. 12, September 1998
Subjects: Executives, International finance, Manycompanies, Manycountries, Manypeople, Power, Public officials
...three years. UNITED STATES Dennis H. Chookaszian With great foresight...of Panamcos shares. CANADA John Cleghorn The former center...firms. BRITAIN Garvyn Davies John Majors favorite economist is...Western State Bank, where son John is executive director. UNITED...
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Dream Cabinet of the Century
Magazine article by Stephen Brasher; New Statesman, Vol. 128, December 20, 1999
Subjects: Politicians--Public opinion, Readership surveys--Reports, United Kingdom--Politics and government
...nominating, for example, Woodrow Wyatt, Ian Paisley, Dennis Skinner and Dave Nellist.) Here, the counting went...Maxwell Home Secretary: Lord Lucan Foreign Secretary: John Profumo Cabinet Enforcer: Neville Chamberlain Secretary of...


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Raiders Beat to Death Friend of Profumo,83
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 1, 2007
Subjects: Profumo, John
...was a onetime friend of the disgraced Tory minister John Profumo, who carried out his community work next door. Mr Rahman...someone would be killed. Residents Association chairman Dennis Delderfield said: Weve been living in hell. Weve been...
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FINAL BOWS; Our Look at the Stories That Made the News and Made You Smile in 2006
Newspaper article; The People (London, England), December 31, 2006
Subjects: Comedians
...Laker, 83 Jaws author Peter Benchley, 65 McCloud star Dennis Weaver, 81. MARCH Comedienne Linda Smith, 48 Chelsea...former Cabinet minister at centre of 1963 sex scandal John Profumo, 91 ex-Serb leader Slobodan Milosevic, 64 Oscar-winning...
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DAVID SAID TARIQ WOULD BUY ME A HOUSE; 'HE'S GOT LOTS OF MONEY AND HE OWES ME BIG TIME'; Blunkett Blonde Tells of His Amazing Promises
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), October 16, 2005
Subjects: Blunkett, David
...Blunkett Blonde Tells of His Amazing Promises. Byline: DENNIS RICE DAVID BLUNKETT has been accused of using the trappings...Annabels was at Cliveden, where shamed Government Minister John Profumo and call girl Christine Keeler were first introduced...
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Jim Was a Great Man with a Great Wife and Theirs Was a Great Marriage for Which We Should All Be Grateful
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), July 29, 2005
...and Prime Minister. Veteran left-winger Dennis Skinner caused a stir by showing up for...former Conservative Prime Minister Sir John Major, with wife Norma. Chancellor Gordon...also there to pay their respects. John Profumo, who resigned from Macmillans Cabinet...
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Blunkett,his Estate Agent Girlfriend and the Mr Big of Paternity Testing; New Concerns over Claims Couple Were Introduced by Businessman Who Had Financial Links to Minister
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), October 2, 2005
Subjects: Blunkett, David
...Financial Links to Minister. Byline: DANIELLE GUSMAROLI;DENNIS RICE DAVID BLUNKETT was last night facing fresh questions...Berkshire stately home Cliveden, where former Tory Minister John Profumo began his affair with call girl Christine Keeler. They...
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Profumo, John Dennis
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PROFUMO, JOHN DENNIS 1915 2006, British politician. After studying at Harrow and Oxford, he entered Parliament as a Conservative member in 1940...


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