John Profumo Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for John Profumo, based on 4 World History Database records associated with Great Britain.

4 records1960–19633 events1 places

Chronological biography

1960

Secretary of State for War and the Colonies1960

Government / Conservative Party Government · Secretary of State for War and the Colonies

Appointed Secretary of State for War and the Colonies

1963

Crisis1963

Government / Conservative Party Government · Secretary of State for War and the Colonies · London

Profumo has sex with Christine Keeler who sleeps with a Russian naval attache

Crisis4 June 1963

Government / Conservative Party Government · Secretary of State for War and the Colonies · London

Resigns before being exposed for lying to the Prime Minister in the House of Commons

Resignation of John Profumo4 June 1963

Government / Conservative Party Government · Secretary of State for War and the Colonies · London

Resigns before being exposed for lying to the Prime Minister in the House of Commons

Titles and roles

Secretary of State for War and the Colonies

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.