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London, United Kingdom. Political party. Conservative. Alma mater. Royal 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.
Jun 5, 1994 · Peter Thorneycroft, a former Chancellor of the Exchequer, died today in his home, his family said. He was 84. He had been sick for a long time, his daughter said. Mr. Thorneycroft was chairman of ...
Apr 19, 2011 · [12] Citation Crooks, Peter Thorneycroft, 276. This disappointing biography clearly suffers from the deficiency of Thorneycroft's private archive held at the University of Southampton. Many papers appear to have been destroyed in a house fire and little correspondence survives.
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Jun 4, 1994 · 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. Quick Facts Chancellor of the Exchequer, Prime Minister ... The Right Honourable.
Oct 22, 2007 · A new biography of British politician Peter Thorneycroft is launched tomorrow (Tuesday 23 October 2007) at Portcullis House in Westminster, London. Written by Stanley Crooks, the illustrated biography outlines the life and achievements of the Rt Hon the Lord Thorneycroft of Dunston CH, who was a member of a remarkable cohort of British ...
Peter Thorneycroft (26 July 1909 – 4 June 1994) was Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom from 13 January 1957 to 6 January 1958, succeeding Harold Macmillan and preceding Derick Heathcoat-Amory. He also served as the Conservative Party MP for Stafford from 9 June 1938 to 5 July 1945 (succeeding William Ormsby-Gore and preceding Stephen Swingler) and the MP for Monmouth from 30 ...
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Abstract. This chapter offers a new interpretation of the resignation of the Conservative Treasury team of Peter Thorneycroft, Nigel Birch, and Enoch Powell in January 1958, and suggests that this episode, caused by disagreements over inflation, cannot be seen as a ‘rehearsal’ for future debates between ‘Monetarists’ and ‘Keynesians’ in the party.
