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Thatcher, Margaret Hilda, (1925-2013), Baroness Thatcher, of Kesteven in the County of Lincolnshire, Prime Minister

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Alternative name(s):
  • Margaret Hilda Roberts (Maiden Name)
Surname: Thatcher
Forenames: Margaret Hilda
Gender: Female
Date: 1925-2013
Title: Baroness Thatcher, of Kesteven in the County of Lincolnshire
History: Margaret Hilda Thatcher (nee Roberts). Conservative MP from 1959-1992. Leader of the Conservative Party, 1975-1990. Secretary of State for Education and Science, 1970-1974. Leader of the Opposition, 1975-1979. UK Prime Minister, 1979-1990. Created Baroness 1992 (Life Peer).
References: DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P276205 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P138076 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
From 2013: Lady Thatcher 1925 - 2013 (Number 10) Website
The National Archives, Kew
2
From 2013: Armed Forces' role in the funeral of Lady Thatcher - Inside Government - GOV.UK Website
The National Archives, Kew
3
From 2013: Death of former Prime Minister Lady Thatcher - Inside Government - GOV.UK Website
The National Archives, Kew
4
1979-1997: Prime Minister's Office: Prime Minister's Appointment Diaries
The National Archives, Kew
5
1880-2013: political and personal corresp and papers
Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre
NRA 43914

See Annual Return 2002, 2004, 2010, 2014, 2015
6
1970-88: memoir of Margaret Thatcher at Oxford
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
NRA 37608
7
1987-90: corresp with Dafydd Elis-Thomas
National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services
NRA 40397
8
letters to TG Thomas
National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services
NRA 41954