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...Arold's customary golfing partners, a pair of businessmen. That was a neat stroke, since Lee, in England on an eight-day visit, handles the clubs better than almost any Prime Minister in the world. But after a half-hour's play on the Ellesborough Golf Club course near Chequers, a cloudburst doused the winning P.M.s, and soon they gave up the game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 6, 1966 | 5/6/1966 | See Source »

Venturing forth early last week from Chequers, country residence of Britain's Prime Ministers, Tory Squire Harold Macmillan earnestly read the lesson (Joel 2: 15-16) at the Anglican parish church of Ellesborough. "Blow the trumpet in Zion," he intoned; "call a solemn assembly: gather the people." Barely 36 hours later, after a fast flight to Balmoral Castle in Scotland, Macmillan officially advised Queen Elizabeth that he planned to call a general election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Never 'Ad It So Good | 9/21/1959 | See Source »

Married. Janet Helen Attlee, 24, daughter of Britain's Prime Minister Clement Attlee; and Harold William Shipton, 26, an electronics engineer; in Ellesborough, Buckinghamshire, England...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Nov. 24, 1947 | 11/24/1947 | See Source »

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