| 36 Jul 6 Mo |
Archive |
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Archive (Grantham Journal) |
1925-43 (Grantham): Alfred Roberts address as Rotary President ("a manacled age") |
| 39 Jan 26 Th |
Archive |
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Key |
Archive (Grantham Journal) |
1925-43 (Grantham): Alfred Roberts Rotary address (Chamberlain's "will intent on peace") |
| 41 Jan 1 We |
Archive |
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Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1925-43 (Grantham): Alfred Roberts (extract from sermon notes) ("Mahogany & Child") [123K high quality scan] |
| 41 Jan 1 We |
Archive |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1925-43 (Grantham): Alfred Roberts (extract from sermon notes) ("Strength comes from within") [132K high quality scan] |
| 44 May 1 Mo |
Archive |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Economy: 1944 Employment White Paper [MT's annotated copy] |
| 45 May 8 Tu |
Chronology |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
VE Day |
| 45 Jun 25 Mo |
Speeches |
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Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech in Sleaford |
| 45 Jul 5 Th |
Chronology |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
General Election: Labour Government formed (146 majority) |
| 45 Aug 6 Mo |
Chronology |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
Hiroshima destroyed by A-bomb |
| 45 Aug 16 Th |
Chronology |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
VJ Day |
| 45 Dec 1 Sa |
Archive |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1943-47 (Oxford): Oxford University Conservative Association Report (reacting to 1945 election defeat) [329K scan] |
| 48 Dec 17 Fr |
Archive |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): J.L.M. Miller to Margaret Roberts (offers interview for Dartford "short list") |
| 49 Jan 3 Mo |
Archive |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): J.L.M. Miller to Margaret Roberts (chosen for Dartford "short list") |
| 49 Jan 31 Mo |
Chronology |
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[Chronology] |
Margaret Roberts selected Conservative candidate for Dartford |
| 49 Feb 28 Mo |
Speeches |
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Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at adoption meeting |
| 50 Jan 28 Sa |
Speeches |
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Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Article for Gravesend and Dartford Reporter ( YOU will decide ) |
| 50 Feb 3 Fr |
Speeches |
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Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at adoption meeting in Dartford |
| 50 Feb 3 Fr |
Speeches |
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Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
1950 General Election Address |
| 50 Feb 23 Th |
Chronology |
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[Chronology] |
General Election: Labour Government formed (5 majority) |
| 51 Mar 16 Fr |
Speeches |
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Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Letters on economic policy |
| 51 Oct 8 Mo |
Speeches |
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Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at adoption meeting |
| 51 Oct 8 Mo |
Speeches |
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Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
1951 General Election Address |
| 51 Oct 15 Mo |
Speeches |
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Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech in Belvedere |
| 51 Oct 17 We |
Speeches |
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Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech in Belvedere |
| 51 Oct 25 Th |
Chronology |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
General Election: Conservative Government formed (13 majority) |
| 51 Dec 13 Th |
Chronology |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
Marriage of Margaret Roberts and Denis Thatcher |
| 52 Feb 17 Su |
Speeches |
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Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Article for Sunday Graphic (Wake up, Women) |
| 52 May 21 We |
Archive |
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Key |
Archive (Grantham Journal) |
Early life Photo of Alfred Roberts laying down his robes as Alderman (voted out by Labour) |
| 52 Jun 12 Th |
Archive |
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Key |
Archive (Conservative Party) |
1949-59 (candidate): Beryl Cook to John Hare ("without exception the best woman candidate I have known") |
| 52 Jun 19 Th |
Archive |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): John Hare interview with MT ("immense personality & charm") |
| 52 Nov 19 We |
Archive |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): Beryl Cook note on MT ("an amazing young woman") |
| 55 Jan 3 Mo |
Archive |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): MT to Hare (not thinking of a parliamentary career for "many years") |
| 55 Jan 13 Th |
Archive |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): MT to Hare (mind made up to pursue law "to the exclusion of politics") |
| 55 Apr 5 Tu |
Chronology |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
Churchill resigned as Prime Minister; Eden succeeded |
| 55 May 26 Th |
Chronology |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
General Election: Conservative Government formed (58 majority) |
| 56 Feb 28 Tu |
Archive |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): MT to Donald Kaberry (asks to meet) |
| 56 Mar 14 We |
Archive |
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Key |
Archive (Conservative Party) |
1949-59 (candidate): Donald Kaberry Interview with MT (wishes to return to list) |
| 56 Jul 26 Th |
Chronology |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
Nasser announced nationalisation of Suez Canal |
| 56 Oct 30 Tu |
Chronology |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
Anglo-French ultimatum to Israel and Egypt; Soviet invasion of Hungary |
| 56 Oct 31 We |
Chronology |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
Anglo-French forces began action against Egypt; abandoned under US pressure 7 Nov |
| 57 Jan 9 We |
Chronology |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
Eden resigned as Prime Minister; Macmillan succeeded (10 Jan) |
| 57 Mar 25 Mo |
Chronology |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
Treaty of Rome |
| 58 Jan 6 Mo |
Chronology |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
Thorneycroft, Powell and Birch resigned as Treasury Ministers |
| 58 Jul 31 Th |
Chronology |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
MT adopted candidate for Finchley |
| 58 Jul 31 Th |
Speeches |
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Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at Finchley adoption meeting |
| 58 Aug 18 Mo |
Archive |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
1949-59 (candidate): MT to Kaberry ("anti-woman prejudice") |
| 59 Jan 21 We |
Speeches |
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Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Finchley Conservatives |
| 59 Apr 3 Fr |
Speeches |
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Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech in Friern Barnet |
| 59 Sep 1 Tu |
Speeches |
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Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Article for Signpost ("This is your choice") |
| 59 Sep 21 Mo |
Speeches |
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Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech at adoption meeting |
| 59 Sep 21 Mo |
Speeches |
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Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
1959 General Election Address |
| 59 Oct 8 Th |
Chronology |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
General Election: Conservative Government formed (100 majority) |
| 60 Feb 5 Fr |
Archive |
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Key |
Archive (Thatcher MSS) |
Private Member's Bill: MT notes for her maiden speech |
| 60 Feb 5 Fr |
Speeches |
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Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S 2R [Public Bodies (Admission of the Press to Meetings) Bill] (Maiden Speech) |
| 60 Feb 6 Sa |
Speeches |
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Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
TV Interview for ITN (after maiden speech) [MT's first television interview] |
| 61 Feb 14 Tu |
Speeches |
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Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC Standing Committee [Criminal Justice Bill] (supports corporal punishment) |
| 61 Apr 17 Mo |
Speeches |
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Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Interview for Daily Express |
| 61 Apr 19 We |
Speeches |
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Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S [Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation] |
| 61 Oct 9 Mo |
Chronology |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
MT appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary (Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance) |
| 62 Jul 13 Fr |
Chronology |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
"Night of the Long Knives": 7 of 21 Cabinet Ministers sacked |
| 63 Jan 14 Mo |
Chronology |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
De Gaulle vetoed British entry to EEC |
| 63 Jun 4 Tu |
Chronology |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
Profumo resigned |
| 63 Oct 10 Th |
Chronology |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
Macmillan’s decision to resign as PM announced; Home succeeded; Macleod and Powell refused to serve (13 Oct) |
| 64 Oct 15 Th |
Chronology |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
General Election: Labour Government formed (4 majority); MT became a shadow spokesman on pensions |
| 65 Jul 25 Su |
Chronology |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
Home resigned as Conservative leader; Heath elected successor (28 Jul) |
| 65 Oct 15 Fr |
Speeches |
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Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Conservative Party Conference (rates) |
| 65 Oct 18 Mo |
Chronology |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
MT moved to shadow Housing and Land |
| 65 Nov 11 Th |
Chronology |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
Rhodesia declared UDI |
| 65 Nov 11 Th |
Speeches |
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Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S [Debate on the Address - Land Commission and Housing] |
| 66 Mar 31 Th |
Chronology |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
General Election: Labour Government formed (98 majority) |
| 66 Apr 19 Tu |
Chronology |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
MT moved to shadow Treasury as deputy to Iain Macleod |
| 66 Oct 12 We |
Speeches |
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Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Conservative Party Conference |
| 67 Apr 17 Mo |
Speeches |
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Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S [Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation] |
| 67 Jun 5 Mo |
Chronology |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
Middle East: Six Day War (ended 10 Jun) |
| 67 Oct 10 Tu |
Chronology |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
MT appointed to Shadow Cabinet, responsible for Fuel and Power |
| 67 Oct 20 Fr |
Speeches |
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Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Conservative Party Conference |
| 67 Nov 1 We |
Speeches |
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Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S [Debate on the Address] |
| 68 Apr 20 Sa |
Chronology |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
Enoch Powell's "River Tiber" speech; Powell fired from Shadow Cabinet (21 Apr) |
| 68 Aug 20 Tu |
Chronology |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia |
| 68 Oct 11 Fr |
Speeches |
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Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Conservative Political Centre (CPC) Lecture ("What's wrong with politics?") |
| 68 Nov 14 Th |
Chronology |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
MT reshuffled to shadow Transport |
| 69 Feb 19 We |
Speeches |
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Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Article for Daily Telegraph ("Consensus - or choice?") |
| 69 Feb 20 Th |
Speeches |
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Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Article for Daily Telegraph ("Participation - in what?") |
| 69 Aug 14 Th |
Chronology |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
Northern Ireland: troops deployed in Belfast |
| 69 Oct 10 Fr |
Speeches |
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Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Conservative Party Conference |
| 69 Oct 21 Tu |
Chronology |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
MT appointed shadow education spokesman |
| 69 Oct 31 Fr |
Speeches |
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Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S [Debate on the Address - Pensions and Education] |
| 70 Jan 30 Fr |
Chronology |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
Selsdon Park Shadow Cabinet (manifesto meeting); ended 1 Feb |
| 70 Apr 9 Th |
Speeches |
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Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Radio Interview for BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour ("Permissive or Civilised?") |
| 70 Jun 18 Th |
Chronology |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
General Election: Conservative Government formed (majority 31) |
| 70 Jun 19 Fr |
Chronology |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
MT given her first Cabinet post (Secretary of State for Education and Science) |
| 70 Jun 30 Tu |
Chronology |
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Key |
[Chronology] |
Circular 10/70, withdrawing compulsion to go comprehensive |
| 70 Jun 30 Tu |
Speeches |
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Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Radio Interview for BBC Radio 4 Today (withdrawal of Circular 10/65) |
| 70 Jul 8 We |
Speeches |
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Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S [Debate on the Address - Education] |
| 70 Jul 27 Mo |
Speeches |
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Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
TV Interview for BBC1 Panorama (profile of MT) |
| 70 Oct 7 We |
Speeches |
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Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Conservative Party Conference |
| 70 Oct 13 Tu |
Archive |
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Key |
Archive (TNA) |
Education: Private Office minute to Heath (not practicable to exclude MT from discussion of education policy) [declassified 2003] |
| 70 Oct 28 We |
Speeches |
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Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
Speech to Association of Education Committees |
| 71 Mar 21 Su |
Speeches |
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Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
TV Interview for BBC1 A Chance To Meet (questions from studio audience) |
| 71 Jun 14 Mo |
Speeches |
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Key |
Margaret Thatcher |
HC S 2R [Education (Milk) Bill] |
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