George Edward Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft (1909-1994) was a British Conservative politician. 1909 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the centre-right in the United Kingdom. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ...

Thorneycroft sat as Member of Parliament for Stafford from 1938 to 1945 then for Monmouth in South Wales from 1945 to 1966. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Stafford is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Monmouth is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English(100%), Welsh(20. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ...

He served as President of the Board of Trade under Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden. In 1957, Harold Macmillan appointed him Chancellor of the Exchequer, one of the most senior positions in the government. He resigned in 1958, along with two junior Treasury Ministers, Enoch Powell and Nigel Birch, in objection to increased government expenditure. Macmillan, himself a former Chancellor, made a famous and much-quoted remark to the effect that the resignations were merely "a little local difficulty". In reality, Macmillan was deeply concerned about the possible effects of Thorneycroft's resignation, but chose to hide his worries from public view. The phrase is now so well-known that most people do not know what or who it refers to. The President of the Board of Trade the title of a cabinet position in the United Kingdom government. ... The Right Honourable Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, FRS PC (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, best known as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. ... The Right Honourable Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, KG, MC, PC (12 June 1897–14 January 1977), British politician, was Foreign Secretary during World War II and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the 1950s. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Right Honourable Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC (10 February 1894–29 December 1986), nicknamed Supermac and Mac the Knife, was a British Conservative politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963. ... The Right Honourable Gordon Brown, MP, current Chancellor of the Exchequer The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the ancient title held by the British cabinet minister whose responsibilities are akin to the posts of Minister for Finance or Secretary of the Treasury in other jurisdictions. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A treasury is the part of a government which manages all money and revenue. ... Enoch Powell John Enoch Powell MBE (June 16, 1912 – February 8, 1998) was a British politician. ...

Thorneycroft returned to the Cabinet in 1960 and held a number of posts in government and then in opposition under Macmillan and Alec Douglas-Home. Ted Heath, who became leader of the party in 1965, had been Chief Whip when Thorneycroft resigned in 1958 and had seen the resignation as a betrayal. He removed Thorneycroft from the Shadow Cabinet in 1966. Thorneycroft left the House of Commons soon after, receiving a life peerage and taking a seat in the House of Lords as Baron Thorneycroft of Dunston in the County of Stafford. Thorneycroft was a strong supporter of Margaret Thatcher's monetarist policies, which had been inspired by Enoch Powell, and Thatcher made him Chairman of the Conservative Party in 1975. He held this position until 1981. 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Right Honourable Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, KT1 (2 July 1903–9 October 1995), 14th Earl of Home from 1951 to 1963, was a British politician, and served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for a year from October 1963 to October 1964. ... You might be looking for: Edward Heath (1916–2005) — Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... The Chief Whip is a political office in some legislatures assigned to an elected member whose task is to administer the whipping system that ensures that members of the party attend and vote as the party leadership desires. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ... This article is about the British House of Lords. ... The Right Honourable Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925), is a British stateswoman and was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, also Leader of the Opposition from 1975, and the only woman to date to hold those positions. ... Monetarism is a set of views concerning the determination of national income and monetary economics. ... In the United Kingdom, the Chairman of the Conservative Party is responsible for running the party machine, overseeing Conservative Central Office. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...