 As a child, teenager and later young man, he was an admirer of the policies and leadership of a succession of Liberal Prime Ministers, starting with Henry Campbell-Bannerman, who came to power toward the end of 1905 when Macmillan was only 11 years old, and then H. H. Asquith, whom he later described as having "intellectual sincerity and moral nobility", and particularly of Asquith's successor, David Lloyd George, whom he regarded as a "man of action", likely to accomplish his goals.Macmillan went up to Balliol College in 1912, where he joined many political societies.His political opinions at this stage were an eclectic mix of moderate Conservatism, moderate Liberalism and Fabian Socialism.