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brothers and leave the house and estate to Harold, with a life interest for her. Nellie's devotion to, and support for, Harold was an important factor in his subsequent career - Nellie once admonished Harold's children when they were running through Birch Grove; "Don't kick that door. This house is going to belong to the Prime
Minister of England [
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Macmillan's diary entry for 30 March 1966 records the eve of the election: "Both Heath and Wilson made good final broadcasts - at least, so people say. I have not looked at any T.V. Happily we have not got the instrument at B.G (except in the
Servants' Hall)." Family relations at Birch Grove remained
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Macmillan's diary entry for 7 August 1951 records his return to the house after an absence of over a decade. "The furniture is unpacked and the vast confusion of twelve years (we left it to
Nursery School in 1939 and to a preparatory school in 1945) is being sorted out. On the whole the damage is
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Maurice
Macmillan and his wife Helen (known as Nellie) bought the estate, a large house and just over 100 acres of land, in May 1906 for £13,000. The house was almost completely rebuilt in 1926 at Nellie's insistence. At the same time, Nellie persuaded Maurice to disinherit Harold's two elder
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Macmillan's diary entry for 25 November 1961 records De Gaulle's visit. "The house is looking lovely. blood plasma is in a special refrigerator in the coach house. Police (with and without dogs) are in the garden and in the woods (one alsatian happily bit the
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Macmillan's note to cabinet read: "The twenty-four hours which the
President was at Birchgrove House were... an international meeting of unique character...the British and American governments almost as brothers and partners in a joint
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was no warmer. Dorothy would demand that visitors to the house lock and bolt all of the doors and windows, "otherwise Katie will come for the furniture!"
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man in the behind). Altogether a most enjoyable show". It was the venue for
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as prime minister. He preferred his own home and "Lady
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supports this view, noting the presence of "genuine early 18th century doorcases and chimney-pieces".
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This article is about the house. For the community in Canada, see
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that weighs the house down". Macmillan's official biographer,
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less than I expected...". On Macmillan’s appointment as
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1117:Lady Dorothy Macmillan
883:Lamb, Richard (1995).
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1178:Wind of Change speech
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820:Coppin, Paul (2006).
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939:Macmillan, Harold
903:Macmillan, Harold
894:978-0-719-55392-9
875:978-0-333-49621-3
853:978-0-333-27691-4
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1304:Categories
1241:(TV, 2017)
1214:Depictions
1131:(daughter)
1020:Nairn, Ian
963:1015487300
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569:Horne 1988
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328:Daily Mail
300:Dorneywood
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155:– Grade II
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