Peter Thorneycroft

The Lord Thorneycroft
by Walter Stoneman, 1948
Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office
13 January 1957 – 6 January 1958
Prime MinisterHarold Macmillan
Preceded byHarold Macmillan
Succeeded byDerick Heathcoat-Amory
Chairman of the Conservative Party
In office
11 February 1975 – 14 September 1981
LeaderMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byWilliam Whitelaw
Succeeded byCecil Parkinson
Secretary of State for Defence[a]
In office
13 July 1962 – 16 October 1964
Prime MinisterHarold Macmillan
Alec Douglas-Home
Preceded byHarold Watkinson
Succeeded byDenis Healey
Minister of Aviation
In office
27 July 1960 – 13 July 1962
Prime MinisterHarold Macmillan
Preceded byDuncan Sandys
Succeeded byJulian Amery
President of the Board of Trade
In office
30 October 1951 – 13 January 1957
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Anthony Eden
Preceded byHartley Shawcross
Succeeded byDavid Eccles
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
4 December 1967 – 4 June 1994
Life Peerage
Parliamentary offices
Member of Parliament
for Monmouth
In office
31 October 1945 – 10 March 1966
Preceded byLeslie Pym
Succeeded byDonald Anderson
Member of Parliament
for Stafford
In office
9 June 1938 – 15 June 1945
Preceded byWilliam Ormsby-Gore
Succeeded byStephen Swingler
Shadow Cabinet positions
Shadow Home Secretary
In office
4 August 1965 – 13 April 1966
LeaderEdward Heath
ShadowingFrank Soskice
Roy Jenkins
Preceded byEdward Boyle
Succeeded byQuintin Hogg
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
In office
16 October 1964 – 4 August 1965
LeaderAlec Douglas-Home
ShadowingDenis Healey
Preceded byDenis Healey
Succeeded byEnoch Powell
Personal details
Born(1909-07-26)26 July 1909
Dunston, United Kingdom
Died4 June 1994(1994-06-04) (aged 84)
London, United Kingdom
Political partyConservative
Alma materRoyal Military Academy, Woolwich
City Law School

George Edward Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft, CH, PC (26 July 1909 – 4 June 1994) was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer between 1957 and 1958.


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