Prime Minister Harold McMillan had what Christian name, although he preferred to be known by his middle name, Harold ?
Harold Macmillan Harold Macmillan Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, (10 February 1894 – 29 December 1986) was a British statesman and Conservative Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963. Nicknamed "Supermac", he was known for his pragmatism, wit and unflappability. Macmillan served in the Grenadier Guards during the First World War. He was wounded three times, most severely in September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He spent the rest of the war in a military hospital unable to walk, and suffered pain and partial immobility for the rest of his
Harold (given name) the Lombards, and in the 10th century as the name of Harald Bluetooth, as runic "haraltr" (ᚼᛅᚱᛅᛚᛏᚱ) in the Jelling stone inscription. Harold (given name) Harold is a personal name derived from the Old English name "Hereweald", derived from the Germanic elements "here" "army" and "weald" "power, leader, ruler". The Old Norse cognate, "Haraldr", was also common among settlers in the Danelaw. Diminutives of Harold are Harry, Hank and Hal. The Old High German form is "Heriwald" or "Heriold", from "hari" "army" and "wald-" "rule". The Germanic name is recorded very early, as the name of "Cariovalda" (for Proto-Germanic "*harja-waldaz"),