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Margaret Hilda Roberts Thatcher Thatcher, Baroness
Margaret Hilda Roberts Thatcher Thatcher, Baroness 1925-, British political leader. Great Britain's first woman prime minister, Thatcher served longer than any other British prime minister in the 20th cent. In office she initiated what became known as the "Thatcher Revolution," a series of soci... Read more
Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine
Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine , 1933-, British politician. After studying law at Oxford, he built a successful career in publishing before entering the House of Commons as a Conservative in 1966. He held junior posts in the Heath government (1970-74). In Margaret Thatcher 's government, he was secre... Read more
Douglas Hurd
Douglas Hurd 1930-, British politician. Educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, he worked in the diplomatic service (1952-66) and later served as Prime Minister Edward Heath 's political secretary (1970-74). He entered the House of Commons in 1974 and held a succession of junior posts in ... Read more
Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie
Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie , 1921-2000, archbishop of Canterbury (1980-91). Bishop of St. Albans from 1970 to 1980, he was enthroned as the 102d archbishop of Canterbury in 1980, succeeding Donald Coggan. Runcie supported the ordination of women and other liberal Anglican positions and was ofte... Read more
John Major
John Major 1943-, British statesman, b. John Major Ball. Raised in a working-class area of London, he was elected to Lambeth borough council (1968-71) and entered Parliament as a Conservative in 1979. He became Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher 's chief secretary to the Treasury in 1987, foreign se... Read more
Leonard James Callaghan Callaghan of Cardiff, Baron
Leonard James Callaghan Callaghan of Cardiff, Baron 1912-2005, British statesman. He was first elected to Parliament as a Labour member in 1945. As chancellor of the exchequer (1964-67), he introduced extremely controversial taxation policies, including employment taxes; he resigned when he was for... Read more
Peter Carington Carrington, 6th Baron
Peter Carington Carrington, 6th Baron 1919-, British politician. Educated at Eton and Sandhurst, he succeeded to the peerage in 1938. After serving in World War II, he took his seat in the House of Lords, where he held ministerial positions under the Conservative governments of Winston Churchill, A... Read more
Friedrich August von Hayek
Friedrich August von Hayek , 1899-1992, British economist, b. Vienna. He was raised and educated in Austria and taught at the London School of Economics in the 1930s, where he gained attention for his criticism of Keynes . He expressed his commitment to free markets and his aversion to government i... Read more
Michael Howard
Michael Howard 1941-, British politician, leader of the Conservative party (2003-5), b. Llanelli, Wales, as Michael Hecht. The son of immigrants (his father changed the family name after becoming a British subject in 1947), he was educated at Cambridge and became a successful barrister. In 1983 he ... Read more
Ken Livingstone
Ken Livingstone 1945-, British politician. Elected to the Greater London Council (GLC) in 1973 as a Labour member, he became GLC leader in 1981. His use of the local office to promote leftist policies earned him the nickname "Red Ken" and was a major factor in Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Thatcher,"

Thatcher, Margaret
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences Thatcher, Margaret 1925 – Margaret Thatcher ’ s political career was marked by a series of...longest continuously serving prime minister since 1827. Thatcher was also unique in having her name associated with a set...
Margaret Hilda Thatcher
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Margaret Hilda Thatcher Conservative Party leader for 15 years, Margaret Hilda Thatcher (born 1925) became the first female prime...prime minister in the 20th century. Margaret Thatcher was born to grocery shop keepers in the small...
Margaret Hilda Roberts Thatcher Thatcher, Baroness
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Margaret Hilda Roberts Thatcher Thatcher, Baroness 1925-, British political leader. Great Britain's first woman prime minister, Thatcher served longer than any other British prime minister in the 20th...
Thatcher, Margaret Hilda, Baroness
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Thatcher, Margaret Hilda, Baroness (1925...British political leader since Churchill . Thatcher was Secretary of State for education and...victory in the Falklands War (1982). Thatcher's determination to curb the power of...
Thatcher, Benjamin Bussey
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature Thatcher, Benjamin Bussey (1809–40), Boston antislavery leader, opposed the policies of Garrison and urged African repatriation...
Becky Thatcher
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature Becky Thatcher, character in Tom Sawyer .
John Major
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Major (born 1943) succeeded Margaret Thatcher as leader of the Conservative Party and...he first came prominently to Margaret Thatcher's attention. At a dinner party he...heated argument about economic policy. Thatcher was impressed (Major later stated that...
Sir Geoffrey Howe
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Conservative government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher which took office in 1979. In 1983, after Thatcher won re-election, Howe became foreign...He quickly allied himself with Margaret Thatcher, who became the party leader, and became...
Kenneth Harry Clarke
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...That cherism and party leader Margaret Thatcher did not care for him personally. As...politician Clarke represented everything Thatcher was not. He was a left-wing or "wet...her personal views on Clarke, in 1985 Thatcher named Clarke to his first cabinet position...
Michael Heseltine
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...mid-1990s, first as a member of the Thatcher governments, then as an alternative...voice to that of then Prime Minister Thatcher, and later as a member of the John Major...returned to power in 1979 under Margaret Thatcher. Later he was secretary of state for...

Dictionary entries related to "Thatcher,"

Thatcher, Margaret Hilda, Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven in the County of Lincolnshire
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History Thatcher, Margaret Hilda, Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven in the County of Lincolnshire ( née Roberts...candidate for Dartford in 1950 and 1951. She married Denis Thatcher, a wealthy businessman, in 1951, and having studied law...
Thatcher, Margaret
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Thatcher, Margaret (b. 1925). Prime minister...crisis erupted over Europe in 1990, Mrs Thatcher lacked the political support needed to...by the prime minister, all enabled Mrs Thatcher to win a remarkable triumph in the 1983...
Thatcher, Margaret (Hilda), Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Thatcher, Margaret (Hilda), Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven (1925– ) British Conservative stateswoman, Prime Minister (1979–90). She became Conservative Party leader in 1975 and in 1979 was elected the country...
Thatcher, Henry Knox
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Thatcher, Henry Knox (1806–1880...naval officer. Born in Maine, Henry Knox Thatcher entered West Point in 1822. He soon left...of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron. Thatcher assisted Gen. Edward R.S. Canby in...
European Economic Community
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...and budget contributions. The early Thatcher years from 1979 were dogged by arguments...contribution. Opinion varies on how far Thatcher's behaviour was responsible for the...positive role in the mid‐Thatcher years. A new, more subtle approach...
prime minister
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...The rule of a prime minister such as Thatcher will always give colour to the image...by more diffident successors. Thus a Thatcher is succeeded by a Major , a Macmillan...Douglas‐ Home . The bitter price Thatcher paid for her overbearing style suggests...
Conservative Party, UK
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...in 1974, Heath was replaced as party leader by Thatcher in 1975, who became Prime Minister in 1979. Thatcher perfected the party's sense of pragmatism and...Parliament who had become politically active during the Thatcher years, and
FitzGerald, Garret
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...the British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher . He lost the March 1982 elections...signed the Anglo-Irish Agreement with Thatcher, which for the first time gave the Republic...understand Unionist loyalities, his work with Thatcher, and his attempts to make the Irish...
Major, John
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...political unknown, was chosen by Mrs Thatcher to replace first Sir Geoffrey Howe as...chancellor of the Exchequer. In 1990, on Mrs Thatcher's resignation, Major defeated Douglas...the leadership, attracting support as Thatcher's political heir. In 1992 he won the...
poll tax
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...time being 1698. However at the end of the 20th cent., Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government reintroduced the tax, under the name...and riots ensued; and the tax was, in part, the cause of Mrs Thatcher's downfall.

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THATCHER DRAWS BIG CROWD, PROTESTERS IN LISLE VISIT
Newspaper article from: Sun Publications (IL); 5/11/1997; 700+ words ; ...Caroline Kalkis would vote for Margaret Thatcher for president. "I've long admired Margaret Thatcher," Kalkis said after listening to the...States, we would have a woman president." Thatcher, who was prime minister from 1979 to 1990...
Thatcher recounts personal experiences at Baylor U.
News Wire article from: University Wire; 2/24/1999; ; 694 words ; ...successful future, former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher told Baylor students and members of the Waco community...avoid occurrences and problems in the future," Thatcher said. Thatcher delivered a speech titled "Challenges Facing the...
THATCHER COUP SCANDAL: MARK FACES 15 YEARS; Cops: He helped mercenaries.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland); 8/26/2004; 700+ words ; Byline: Pippa Crerar MARGARET THATCHER'S son could face up to 15 years in...in South Africa claim millionaire Mark Thatcher helped finance a failed coup in tiny...to an alleged ringleader in the plot. Thatcher, 51, was charged yesterday, ordered...
Thatcher faces hurdle to U.S. Light penalty a 'deep unease' in South Africa.(WORLD)(BRIEFING: AFRICA)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 3/30/2005; 700+ words ; ...a Cape Town mansion. The Thatchers have put their multimillion...said in an editorial that Thatcher "ought not to be welcome...should be torn up." The Thatchers lived near the home of the...his courthouse statement, Thatcher blamed Mann for the coup attempt...
Thatcher's son charged in coup plot
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 8/26/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, an ex-race car driver whose business...in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea. Mark Thatcher, 51, was arrested at his Cape Town...producer. Magistrate Awie Kotze placed Thatcher under house arrest and gave him until...
Thatcher's Son Accused of Coup Plot
News Wire article from: AP Online; 8/25/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...July 3, 2004 photo from files of Mark Thatcher, left, - who, according to media reports...planned coup in Equatorial Guinea. Mark Thatcher and his mother, former British Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher, are seen at the funeral of her husband...
Thatcher's Son Charged in Coup Plot
News Wire article from: AP Online; 8/26/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Dateline: CAPE TOWN, South Africa Mark Thatcher, the son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is escorted by police, unseen, outside...Africa, Wednesday Aug. 25, 2004. Thatcher was arrested on allegations he was involved...
Thatcher wins parole, going to Regina
Newspaper article from: Winnipeg Free Press; 5/20/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...STONY MOUNTAIN -- Convicted killer Colin Thatcher's time in a Manitoba prison is nearly...Moose Jaw cattle ranch -- next week. Thatcher, now 67, has been serving a life sentence...National Parole Board. The panel ordered Thatcher to continue with counselling and report...
Thatcher's son arrested in failed coup conspiracy Mark Thatcher allegedly helped finance plot in Equatorial Guinea
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 8/26/2004; ; 700+ words ; CAPE TOWN, South Africa -- Mark Thatcher, the son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, was arrested Wednesday and charged with...government of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea. Thatcher, a 51-year-old businessman who has...
Thatcher lauds fight against terror
Newspaper article from: Glencoe News (IL); 10/25/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...WRITER Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's message was clear; that America...will completely support the effort. Thatcher spoke Saturday before a capacity crowd...fanaticism until they are destroyed," Thatcher said. Thatcher said that although Britains...