Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury whether he was for "Wab or Hawold" (it is thought that only between one and three were for "Wab"). To the surprise of the media, the advice was overwhelmingly to appoint Macmillan as Prime Minister instead of Butler. Lord Salisbury resigned from his position as Leader of the House of Lords in opposition to the Government's decision to release Archbishop Makarios from his detention in the Seychelles. Makarios, the Archbishop of Cyprus, had been arrested because the British perceived that he was encouraging inter-communal violence and terrorism in Cyprus during the so-called 'Cyprus Question'. He became the first president of
Makarios I of Cyprus Makarios I of Cyprus Archbishop Makarios I (), was Archbishop of Cyprus from 1854 until 1865. He was born in the village of Prodromos and his original surname was Christodoulides. He started his religious studies at Trooditissa Monastery and was later transferred to Kykkos Monastery. He was ordained deacon in 1823, two years after the Greek Revolution and the massacres of 9 July. He served as deacon in Paphos diocese, later he served as deacon to Archbishop of Cyprus Panaretos and subsequent Archbishops, Ioannikios and Kyrillos I. He was ordained Archbishop on August 26, 1854 succeeding Kyrillos I who had