John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton Cyprus crisis. However, negotiations with Archbishop Makarios III were unsuccessful and, eventually, Harding exiled Makarios to the British colony of Seychelles. On 21 March 1956 EOKA made an assassination attempt on Harding's life which failed as the time bomb under his bed failed to go off. It was not long after this that Harding offered a reward of £10,000 for General George Grivas, the leader of EOKA. Facing growing criticism in the United Kingdom about the methods he used and their lack of effectiveness, Sir John Harding resigned as Governor of Cyprus on 22 October 1957 and was replaced by
Makarios II of Cyprus He remained in Pangrati, Athens during World War II and returned to Cyprus on December 22, 1946. Makarios II was elected Archbishop of Cyprus, without an opponent, on December 24, 1947. He died on June 28, 1950 and was succeeded by Makarios III. Makarios II of Cyprus Makarios II (1870 – June 28, 1950) was Archbishop of Cyprus from 1947 until 1950. He was born "Michail Charalambous Papaioannou" in the village of Prodromos in 1870. In 1895, he was ordained a deacon and left Cyprus for further education. He studied at the "Great School of the Nation" in Constantinople before