What is John Profumo?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = John Profumo | honorific-suffix = [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] | image = | imagesize = 200px | caption = | order1 = [[Secretary of State for War]] | term_start1 = 27 July 1960 | term_end1 = 5 June 1963 | monarch1 = [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]] | primeminister1 = [[Harold Macmillan]] | predecessor1 = [[Christopher Soames, Baron Soames|Christopher Soames]] | successor1 = [[Joseph Godber]] |birth_name=John Dennis Profumo | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1915|1|30}} | birth_place = [[Kensington]], [[London]], [[England]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2006|3|9|1915|1|30}} | death_place = [[Chelsea and Westminster Hospital]], [[South Kensington]], London, England | nationality = [[British people|British]] | party = [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] | alma_mater = [[Brasenose College, Oxford]] | spouse = [[Valerie Hobson]]<br>(m. 1954-1998, her death) | 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]] }} '''John Dennis Profumo''', [[OBE|CBE]] (30 January 1915 – 9 March 2006), always known as '''Jack Profumo''', was a [[British people|British]] [[soldier]] and [[politician]]. A scandal, known as the [[Profumo affair]], led to his resignation and withdrawal from politics. It may have damaged the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] government of [[Harold Macmillan]]. Profumo spent his later life working for charities. Profumo died of a [[stroke]] in London, aged 91.<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=Telegraph|accessdate=28 May 2013}}</ref> == Life == Profumo's father was a [[barrister]], though the Profumo family's money was in [[insurance]]. The family sold the Provident