George Edward Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft, CH, PC (26 July 1909 – 4 June 1994) was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as Chancellor...

advice was rejected and in January 1958 the three Treasury ministers—Peter Thorneycroft, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Nigel Birch, Economic Secretary...

Conservative Party politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer Peter Thorneycroft. Lady Thorneycroft helped establish the Venice in Peril Fund and was a noted...

2021. "Secretary of State for Defence - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. "Mr Peter Thorneycroft". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 2 November 2017. "Lord...

leader, by appointing him to the senior position of Home Secretary. Peter Thorneycroft became Chancellor of the Exchequer, but caused embarrassment for Macmillan...

the resignation of the Conservative chancellor of the Exchequer, Peter Thorneycroft, in 1958. As early as 1950, Thatcher accepted the consensus of the...

October 1964 – 19 June 1970 Prime Minister Harold Wilson Preceded by Peter Thorneycroft Succeeded by The Lord Carrington Personal details Born Denis Winston...

January 1958 he resigned, along with the Chancellor of the Exchequer Peter Thorneycroft and his Treasury colleague Nigel Birch, in protest at government plans...

Conservative 1939 by-election Leslie Pym Conservative 1945 by-election Peter Thorneycroft Conservative 1966 Donald Anderson Labour 1970 Sir John Stradling Thomas...

Parliament for Monmouth In office 31 March 1966 – 29 May 1970 Preceded by Peter Thorneycroft Succeeded by John Stradling Thomas Personal details Born (1939-06-17)...

Minister Harold Macmillan Preceded by Office Created Succeeded by Peter Thorneycroft Minister of Defence In office 14 January 1957 – 14 October 1959 Prime...

party organisation and of campaigning across the country) in place of Peter Thorneycroft. In the summer of 1975, Heseltine persuaded the Shadow Cabinet not...

(Lewisham West) Sir John Barlow, 2nd Baronet (Middleton and Prestwich) Peter Thorneycroft (Monmouth), former Chancellor William Clark (Nottingham South) Montague...

of Lords on succeeding to his father's peerage in 1938. Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft CH PC (1909–1994) Conservative Party politician, MP for...

Edward Heath, future Chancellors of the Exchequer Reginald Maudling, Peter Thorneycroft and Iain Macleod and future Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington. Other...

Minister Harold Macmillan Preceded by Duncan Sandys Succeeded by Peter Thorneycroft Member of Parliament for Woking In office 23 February 1950 – 26 June...

Prime Minister Clement Attlee Preceded by Harold Wilson Succeeded by Peter Thorneycroft Attorney-General for England In office 4 August 1945 – 24 April 1951...

Formation 10 May 1940 First holder Winston Churchill Final holder Peter Thorneycroft Abolished 1 April 1964 Succession Secretary of State for Defence...

Penrith and The Border 11 June 1974 27 February 1975 Oct 1974 Peter Thorneycroft Baron Thorneycroft 27 February 1975 14 September 1981 1979 Margaret Thatcher...

pulled out of the project. By early 1963 the Minister of Defence Peter Thorneycroft announced in Parliament that one new aircraft carrier would be built...

Robert Buron was meeting with the UK Minister of Aviation Peter Thorneycroft, and Thorneycroft soon revealed to the cabinet that France was much more serious...

main competitor, state-owned BOAC, appealed to Aviation Minister Peter Thorneycroft. On 5 May 1962, the airline's first 707 inaugurated scheduled jet...

reference in 1958 to the resignation of Chancellor of the Exchequer Peter Thorneycroft and two other Treasury Ministers, Nigel Birch and Enoch Powell, as...

was officially opened in 1957 by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Peter Thorneycroft. The hotel underwent a four-year renovation and restoration costing...

southwestern Malaysia, members of the British Cabinet, particularly Peter Thorneycroft and Louis Mountbatten, favoured sending the carrier back through the...

Stephen B. The Development of the Treasury, 1660–1702 (1957) online Browning, Peter. The Treasury and Economic Policy: 1964–1985 (Longman, 1986). Dell, Edmund...

163 years. The position of Minister of Defence, held by Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft, became the Secretary of State for Defence. NASA astronauts...

Marchioness of Cholmondeley. She died on 30 June 2015 at age 98. No. 42: Peter Thorneycroft – British Chancellor of the Exchequer[citation needed] No. 44: Prince...

January 1958 – 27 July 1960 Prime Minister Harold Macmillan Preceded by Peter Thorneycroft Succeeded by Selwyn Lloyd Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food...

Trade, and Regional Development and President of the Board of Trade Peter Thorneycroft: Minister of Defence Selwyn Lloyd: Lord Privy Seal Lord Blakenham:...