Editing John Profumo

{{short description|British politician (1915–2006)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]]
| name = John Profumo
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|CBE|country=GBR}}
| image = John Profumo.jpg
| caption = Profumo in 1938
| term_start1 = 27 July 1960
| term_end1 = 5 June 1963
| primeminister1 = [[Harold Macmillan]]
| primeminister2 = [[Harold Macmillan]]
| predecessor1 = [[Christopher Soames]]
| successor1 = [[Joseph Godber]]
| birth_name = <!--Only used if birth name is different from name they are usually known by.-->
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1915|1|30}}
| birth_place = London, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2006|3|9|1915|1|30}}
| death_place = London, England
| party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| alma_mater = [[Brasenose College, Oxford]]
| spouse = {{Marriage|[[Valerie Hobson]]|1954|1998|end=died}}
| children = [[David Profumo]]
| parents = [[Albert Profumo]]<br />Martha Thom Walker
| allegiance = {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| branch = {{army|United Kingdom}}
| battles = [[Second World War]]
| serviceyears = 1939–1950
| rank = [[File:British Army OF-6.svg|15px]] [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|Brigadier]]
| office1 = [[Secretary of State for War]]
| office2 = [[Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (United Kingdom)|Minister of State for Foreign Affairs]]
| predecessor2 = [[Allan Noble]]
| successor2 = [[David Ormsby-Gore]]
| termstart2 = 16 January 1959
| termend1 = 5 June 1963
| termend2 = 27 July 1960
| title3 = [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State]]
| subterm3 = 1958–1959
| suboffice3 = [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs|Foreign Affairs]]
| subterm4 = 1957–1958
| suboffice4 = [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies|Colonies]]
| subterm5 = 1952–1957
| suboffice5 = [[Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport|Ministry of Transport]]
| office6 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] <br /> for [[Stratford-on-Avon (UK Parliament constituency)|Stratford-on-Avon]]
| successor6 = [[Angus Maude]]
| termend6 = 6 June 1963
| termstart6 = 23 February 1950
| predecessor6 = Constituency established
| office7 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] <br /> for [[Kettering (UK Parliament constituency)|Kettering]]
| predecessor7 = [[John Eastwood (barrister)|John Eastwood]]
| successor7 = [[Dick Mitchison]]
| termstart7 = 6 March 1940
| termend7 = 15 June 1945
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'''John Dennis Profumo''' {{post-nominals|CBE|country=GBR}} ({{IPAc-en|p|r|ə|ˈ|f|juː|m|oʊ}} {{respell|prə|FEW|moh}}; 30 January 1915 – 9 March 2006) was a British politician whose career ended in 1963 after a sexual relationship with the 19-year-old model [[Christine Keeler]] in 1961. The scandal, which became known as the [[Profumo affair]], led to his resignation from the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] government of [[Harold Macmillan]].

After his resignation Profumo worked as a volunteer at [[Toynbee Hall]], a charity in [[East London]],<ref name="econ">[[The Economist]]: [http://www.economist.com/world/britain/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_VGPSSTG&CFID=90220951&CFTOKEN=438f1cd-16eccc89-d9d5-4c3d-9c1e-94845411d198  The Profumo affair in context] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070514104711/http://www.economist.com/world/britain/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_VGPSSTG&CFID=90220951&CFTOKEN=438f1cd-16eccc89-d9d5-4c3d-9c1e-94845411d198 |date=14 May 2007 }}</ref> and became its chief fundraiser. These charitable activities helped to restore his reputation and he was appointed a Commander of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in 1975.

== Early life and career ==
Profumo was born in [[Kensington]], London,<ref>GRO Register of Births: MAR 1915 1a 177 John D. Profumo, mmn = Walker</ref> the son of [[Albert Profumo]], a diplomat and barrister of Italian ancestry, who died in 1940. He attended [[Harrow School]] and [[Brasenose College, Oxford]]. Whilst at Oxford Profumo was a member of the [[Bullingdon Club]].
In 1933, "Jack" Profumo<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 March 2006 |title=John Profumo|url=http://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/mar/10/guardianobituaries.conservatives |access-date=3 May 2021 |archive-date=5 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505173445/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/mar/10/guardianobituaries.conservatives |url-status=live |work=[[The Guardian]]|location=London |first1=Andrew |last1=Roth }}</ref> began a long-term relationship with a German student, Gisela Klein, who later became a model and subsequently worked for German intelligence in Paris, and eventually married an American called Edward Winegard.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/nov/28/profumo-had-long-term-relationship-with-nazi-spy-before-60s-sex-scandal |title=Profumo had long-term relationship with Nazi spy before 60s sex scandal. Tory MP John Profumo met Gisela Winegard in Oxford in 1936 and kept in touch with her for 20 years, according to MI5 files |date=28 November 2017 |first1=Alan |last1=Travis |work=[[The Guardian]]|location=London }}</ref> Secret Service papers state Profumo also wrote to Winegard while he was an MP.<ref name="BBC">{{cite news |publisher=[[BBC]]|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42147156 |title=John Profumo 'had relationship with Nazi spy' |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613034150/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42147156 |archive-date=13 June 2018 }}</ref>

On 1 July 1939, Profumo was commissioned into the [[Royal Armoured Corps]] as a [[second lieutenant]].<ref name="LG 30 June 1939" /> He had previously been a member of the [[Officer Training Corps]] and a Cadet Sergeant while at Harrow.<ref name="LG 30 June 1939">{{London Gazette|issue=34641|date=30 June 1939|page=4441 |supp=y}}</ref> He served in North Africa with the [[Northamptonshire Yeomanry]] as a Captain ([[Acting (rank)|acting]] [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]]), where he was [[mentioned in dispatches]].<ref name="LG 21 September 1943">{{London Gazette|issue=36180 |date=21 September 1943|pages=4221–4222 |supp=y}}</ref> He landed in [[Normandy]] on [[D-Day]] and was engaged in the subsequent fierce fighting to secure that region of France. His final rank in the British Army was [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|brigadier]].

On 21 December 1944, Major (temporary [[Lieutenant Colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant Colonel]]) Profumo was appointed an Officer of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (OBE, Military Division) "in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in Italy",<ref name="LG 19 December 1944">{{London Gazette|issue=36850|date=19 December 1944|pages=5843–5844 |supp=y}}</ref> specifically, for his service on [[Field Marshal (United Kingdom)|Field Marshal]] [[Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis|Sir Harold Alexander]]'s staff commanding the [[15th Army Group]]. In November 1947, Acting [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|Colonel]] Profumo was awarded the [[Bronze Star Medal]] by the United States "in recognition of distinguished services in the cause of the Allies".<ref name="LG 11 November 1947">{{London Gazette|issue=38122|date=11 November 1947|pages=5351–5353 |supp=y}}</ref>

== Political career ==
In 1940, while still serving in the Army, Profumo was elected to the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] as a Conservative [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Kettering (UK Parliament constituency)|Kettering]] in [[Northamptonshire]] at a [[1940 Kettering by-election|by-election on 3 March]].<ref name="LG 12 March 1940">{{London Gazette|issue=34810|date=12 March 1940 |page=1467 }}</ref>

Shortly afterwards he voted against the [[Neville Chamberlain|Chamberlain]] government in [[Norway Debate|the debate following the British defeat]] at [[Battles of Narvik|Narvik]] in Norway. This defiance on Profumo's part enraged the [[Chief Whip]], [[David Margesson]], who said to him "I can tell you this, you utterly contemptible little shit. On every morning that you wake up for the rest of your life you will be ashamed of what you did last night." Profumo later remarked that Margesson "couldn't have been more wrong".<ref>[[Lynne Olson]], ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=bl86p8IbAt0C&pg=PA305 Troublesome Young Men: The Rebels Who Brought Churchill to Power and Helped Save England] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170423204419/https://books.google.com/books?id=bl86p8IbAt0C&pg=PA305 |date=23 April 2017 }}'', Macmillan, 2008, p. 305</ref>

Profumo was then the youngest MP and, by the time of his death, he had become the last surviving former member of the 1940 House of Commons.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.steynonline.com/7754/facing-up-to-it|title=Facing up to It|date=14 April 2017 |access-date=23 October 2021|archive-date=28 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228230346/https://www.steynonline.com/7754/facing-up-to-it|url-status=live}}</ref> At the [[1945 United Kingdom general election|1945 election]], Profumo was defeated at Kettering by the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] candidate, [[Dick Mitchison]]. Later in 1945, he was chief of staff to the British Mission to Japan. In 1950, he left the Army and, at the [[1950 United Kingdom general election|general election in February 1950]], he was elected for [[Stratford-on-Avon (UK Parliament constituency)|Stratford-on-Avon]] in [[Warwickshire]], a safe Conservative seat.<ref name="The New York Times 1963">{{cite web | title=Profumo Drama Nears Final Act; Stratford-on-Avon Voters to Fill Seat in Commons | website=The New York Times | date=1963-08-14 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1963/08/14/archives/profumo-drama-nears-final-act-stratfordonavon-voters-to-fill-seat.html | access-date=2023-01-13}}</ref>

Profumo was a well-connected politician with a good war record and, despite Margesson's aforementioned outburst, was highly regarded in the Conservative Party. Those qualities helped him to rise steadily through the ranks of the Conservative government elected in 1951. He was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation in November 1952, Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation in November 1953, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies in January 1957, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign Office in November 1958, and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs in January 1959. In July 1960, he was appointed [[Secretary of State for War]] (outside of the Cabinet) and was sworn of the [[Privy Council (United Kingdom)|Privy Council]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=41909 |date=29 December 1959 |page=1 |supp=y}}</ref> In 1954, he married the actress [[Valerie Hobson]].<ref name="Vallance 1998">{{cite web | last=Vallance | first=Tom | title=Obituary: Valerie Hobson | website=The Independent|location=London | date=1998-11-16 | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-valerie-hobson-1185255.html | access-date=2023-01-13}}</ref>

== The Profumo affair ==
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In July 1961, at a party at [[Cliveden]], home of [[William Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor|Viscount Astor]], John Profumo met [[Christine Keeler]], a 19-year-old model with whom he began a sexual relationship. The exact length of the affair between Profumo and Keeler is disputed, ending either in August 1961 after Profumo was warned by the security services of the possible dangers of mixing with the [[Stephen Ward|Ward circle]], or continuing with decreasing fervour until December 1961. Since Keeler had also had sexual relations with [[Yevgeny Ivanov (spy)|Yevgeny Ivanov]], the senior naval attaché at the Soviet Embassy, the matter took on a national-security dimension.<ref name="Summers Dorril 1988 p. ">{{cite book | last1=Summers | first1=Anthony | last2=Dorril | first2=Stephen | title=Honeytrap | publisher=Coronet Books | publication-place=London | date=1988 | isbn=0-340-42973-9 | oclc=20827508 }}</ref>

In December 1962, a shooting incident in London involving two other men who were involved with Keeler led the press to investigate her, and reporters soon learned of her affairs with Profumo and Ivanov. But the British tradition of respecting the private lives of British politicians, for fear of libel actions, was maintained until March 1963, when the Labour MP [[George Wigg]], claiming to be motivated by the national-security aspects of the case, and taking advantage of [[Parliamentary privilege]], which gave him immunity from any possible legal action, referred in the House of Commons to the rumours linking Profumo with Keeler. Profumo then made a personal statement in which he admitted he knew Keeler but denied there was any "impropriety" in their relationship and threatened to sue if newspapers asserted otherwise.<ref>Colin Wilson, Damon Wilson, '' Scandal!: An Explosive Exposé of the Affairs, Corruption and Power Struggles of the Rich and Famous'', Virgin, 2003, [https://books.google.com/books?id=GM2_O5dJ6GUC&pg=PT113 p. 250] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424015439/https://books.google.com/books?id=GM2_O5dJ6GUC&pg=PT113 |date=24 April 2017 }}</ref>

Profumo's statement did not prevent newspapers publishing stories about Keeler, and it soon became apparent to Macmillan that Profumo's position was untenable. On 5 June 1963, Profumo was forced to admit that he had lied to the House in March when he denied an affair with Keeler, which at that time was an unforgivable offence in British politics. Profumo resigned from office and from the Privy Council, and applied for and was appointed to the role of [[steward of the Chiltern Hundreds]] to give up his Commons seat.<ref name="beeb">{{cite news|author=Staff reporter|title=Queen Accepts Aitken's Resignation|year=1997|publisher=BBC|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/politics97/news/06/0626/aitken.shtml|access-date=12 February 2008|quote=Two former disgraced ministers, John Profumo and John Stonehouse, have also resigned from the Council...|archive-date=24 November 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041124045548/http://www.bbc.co.uk/politics97/news/06/0626/aitken.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> Before making his public confession, Profumo confessed the affair to his wife, who stood by him. It was never shown that his relationship with Keeler had led to any breach of national security.<ref name="lrb">{{cite news|url=http://www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n20/ian-gilmour/dingy-quadrilaterals|title=Dingy Quadrilaterals|work=London Review of Books|date=19 October 2006|access-date=2 September 2011|archive-date=4 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004021428/https://www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n20/ian-gilmour/dingy-quadrilaterals|url-status=live}}</ref> The scandal rocked the Conservative government, and was generally held to have been among the causes of its defeat by Labour at the [[1964 United Kingdom general election|1964 election]]. Macmillan had already gone by then, having resigned in October 1963 on health grounds to be succeeded by [[Alec Douglas-Home]].<ref name="Butler Butler Butler 2000 p. ">{{cite book | last1=Butler | first1=David | last2=Butler | first2=Gareth | title=Twentieth-century British political facts, 1900–2000 | publisher=St. Martin's Press | publication-place=New York | date=2000 | isbn=0-312-22947-X | oclc=42952620 }}</ref>

Profumo maintained complete public silence about the matter for the rest of his life, even when the 1989 film ''[[Scandal (1989 film)|Scandal]]''—in which he was played by [[Ian McKellen]]—and the publication of Keeler's memoirs revived public interest in the affair.<ref name="lrb"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/sep/24/politicalbooks.politicsphilosophyandsociety|title=There were four of them in this marriage|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=15 January 2011|location=London|first=Tim|last=Adams|date=24 September 2006|archive-date=13 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913011911/http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/sep/24/politicalbooks.politicsphilosophyandsociety|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1527833/Son-breaks-familys-40-year-silence-on-scandal-of-the-Profumo-Affair.html|title=Son breaks family's 40-year silence on scandal of the Profumo Affair|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=2 September 2006|location=London|first=Elizabeth|last=Grice|access-date=1 April 2018|archive-date=8 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208134940/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1527833/Son-breaks-familys-40-year-silence-on-scandal-of-the-Profumo-Affair.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Profumo was portrayed by [[Daniel Flynn (actor)|Daniel Flynn]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.westendtheatre.com/21933/shows-archive/stephen-ward/|title=Stephen Ward by Andrew Lloyd Webber at the Aldwych Theatre &#124; WestEndTheatre.com|date=30 June 2013|website=westendtheatre.com|access-date=24 February 2021|archive-date=1 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301095832/https://www.westendtheatre.com/21933/shows-archive/stephen-ward/|url-status=live}}</ref> in [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]'s stage musical ''[[Stephen Ward (musical)|Stephen Ward]]'', which opened at the [[Aldwych Theatre]] on 19 December 2013.

He was portrayed by [[Ben Miles]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bbc.com/mediacentre/latestnews/2018/christine-keeler-casting/|title=An all-star cast announced for The Trial of Christine Keeler|publisher=BBC|access-date=29 May 2021|archive-date=3 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603074614/https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/latestnews/2018/christine-keeler-casting/|url-status=live}}</ref> in the 2019/2020 BBC drama ''[[The Trial of Christine Keeler]]'' and by Tim Steed<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/on-demand/0/crown-season-2-netflix-drama-deals-christine-keeler-profumo/|title=The Crown season 2: how the Netflix drama deals with Christine Keeler and the Profumo Affair|date=6 December 2017|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|access-date=24 February 2021|archive-date=7 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207010559/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/on-demand/0/crown-season-2-netflix-drama-deals-christine-keeler-profumo/|url-status=live}}</ref> in the [[Netflix]] series ''[[The Crown (TV series)|The Crown]]'', where the Profumo Affair is part of the plot for season 2, episode 10 – "Mystery Man".

== Later life ==
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Shortly after his resignation, Profumo was invited to work at [[Toynbee Hall]] as a volunteer by [[Walter Birmingham]], who was a warden there. Toynbee Hall is a charity based in the [[East End of London]], and Profumo continued to work there for the rest of his life, becoming Toynbee Hall's chief fundraiser, and using his political skills and contacts to raise large sums of money. All this work was done as a volunteer, since Profumo was able to live on his inherited wealth.

His wife, the actress [[Valerie Hobson]], also devoted herself to charity until her death in 1998.

In the eyes of some, Profumo's charity work redeemed his reputation. His friend, social reform campaigner [[Lord Longford]], said he "felt more admiration [for Profumo] than [for] all the men I've known in my lifetime".<ref name="BBCObit">{{cite news|title=Obituary: John Profumo|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=10 March 2006|access-date=16 December 2013|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1158516.stm|archive-date=8 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108134737/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/1158516.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>

Profumo was appointed a Commander of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (CBE, Civil Division) in the [[1975 Birthday Honours]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=46593|date=6 June 1975|pages=7377 |supp=y}}</ref> and received the honour at a [[Buckingham Palace]] ceremony from Queen [[Elizabeth II]], signalling his return to respectability. In 1995, former Conservative Prime Minister [[Margaret Thatcher]] invited him to her 70th birthday dinner, where he sat next to the Queen. He appeared only occasionally in public, particularly in his last years when he used a wheelchair. His last appearance was at the memorial service for [[Sir Edward Heath]] on 8 November 2005.

==Death and tributes==
On 7 March 2006, Profumo suffered a [[stroke]] and was admitted to London's [[Chelsea and Westminster Hospital]]. He died two days later surrounded by his family, at the age of 91. After his death, many commentators said that he should be remembered as much for his contribution to society after his fall from political grace as for the scandal of 1963 which caused that fall. He was cremated at [[Mortlake Crematorium]]; his ashes were buried next to those of his wife at the family vault in front of St Peter's Church in [[Hersham]].<ref name="Kew Soc">{{cite journal|url=http://www.kewsociety.org/sites/kewsociety.org/files/2006_spring.pdf |title=Mortlake Crematorium |journal=On Kew |date=Spring 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212113539/http://www.kewsociety.org/sites/kewsociety.org/files/2006_spring.pdf |archive-date=12 December 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3655083/Even-if-the-heart-bleeds-almost-to-death-passionate-love-is-worth-it.html |title=Even if the heart bleeds almost to death, passionate love is worth it |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=London |access-date=28 May 2013 |archive-date=25 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625081722/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3655083/Even-if-the-heart-bleeds-almost-to-death-passionate-love-is-worth-it.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
*[https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/private-lives/relationships/collections1/parliament-and-the-1960s/lord-dennings-report---profumo-scandal/ 1963 Denning Report – Parliament & the 1960s – UK Parliament Living Heritage]
* {{Hansard-contribs | mr-john-profumo | John Profumo }}
* [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1512656/John-Profumo.html ''Daily Telegraph'': Obituary of John Profumo]
* [https://archive.today/20070213222640/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2079665,00.html ''The Times'': Obituary of John Profumo]
* [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/politicspast/story/0,9061,471383,00.html ''The Guardian'': The Profumo Affair]
* [http://vault.fbi.gov/John%20Profumo%20%28Bowtie%29 FBI file on John Profumo]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4792066.stm BBC –  Former Tory minister Profumo dies]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070312112820/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/09/06/ftprofumo06.xml ''Daily Telegraph'': Extracts from ''Bringing the House Down'' by David Profumo (son)]

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[[Category:Royal Armoured Corps officers]]
[[Category:UK MPs 1935–1945]]
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[[Category:Politicians from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea]]