MT Engagement Diary

Thursday 8 November 1984

0830

Hair

[DO NOT TYPE: (0900 Royal British Legion Poppy Collector Mrs Sheldrake)]

0930

Cabinet [Viscount Whitelaw, Lord Hailsham, Sir Geoffrey Howe, Leon Brittan, Nigel Lawson, Sir Keith Joseph, Peter Walker, Michael Heseltine, George Younger, Nicholas Edwards, Patrick Jenkin, John Biffen, Norman Fowler, Norman Tebbit, Tom King, Michael Jopling, Peter Rees, Nicholas Ridley, Douglas Hurd, Lord Gowrie, Lord Young of Graffham, John Wakeham]

After

S/S Transport [Nicholas Ridley] re Honours [+FERB [Robin Butler]]

1300

Lunch with Private Secretaries

1400

S/S Employment [Tom King] re staff matter [+RTA [Sir Robert Armstrong], Mr Quinlan & FERB [Robin Butler] – No. 10]

1430

Sir A. Joliffe [Sir Anthony Joliffe - AJ's employment initiative: see 6/2/2/94 f68] [491.8020 – No. 10]

1500

US Ambassador [Charles Price] [No. 10 – location from handwritten original]

1530

Mr. Robert Maxwell [No. 10 – location from handwritten original]

1600-1700

Meeting of Ministers re territorial expenditure [Ld Pres [Willie Whitelaw], S/Scot [George Younger], S/Wales [Nicholas Edwards], S/NI [Douglas Hurd], Chief Sec [Peter Rees], RTA [Sir Robert Armstrong], John Redwood]

1945

[Depart No. 10]

2000

Dinner with Prince and Princess of Wales - Kensington Palace [Black Tie +DT] [HRH The Prince of Wales, HRH The Princess of Wales (Diana Spencer), Earl Spencer, Countess Spencer, Sir Laurens Van Der Post, Lady Van Der Post, Lord John King, Lady King: see 6/2/2/94 f92]

After

Look in at French Ambassador's Residence - 11 Kensington Palace Gardens [farewell dinner for French Ambassador Emmanuel de Margerie – Ed. note] [+DT & CDP [Charles Powell]] [Sir Isaiah Berlin, Lord Peter Carrington, Lord Noël Annan, Sir John Baring, Viscount Camrose, Lord Gladwyn, Philippe Daudy, Lord John Hunt of Tamworth, Charles Price, Chris Patten, John Patten, Gordon Richardson, Lord Hugh Thomas, Lord Peter Thorneycroft, Sir Anthony Meyer and others: see 6/2/2/94 f101 also for full guest list]