Peter Thorneycroft

Peter Thorneycroft
Peter Thorneycroft ; ( politician);
Born	1909-07-26
Died	1994-06-04 (Age 84)
Member of	The Other Club
Party	Conservative
	Chairman of the Conservative Party
In office
	11 February 1975 - 14 September 1981
Preceded by	William Whitelaw
Succeeded by	Cecil Parkinson
	Shadow Home Secretary
In office
	4 August 1965 - 13 April 1966
Succeeded by	Quintin Hogg
	Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
In office
	16 October 1964 - 4 August 1965
Preceded by	Denis Healey
	Secretary of State for Defence
In office
	13 July 1962 - 16 October 1964
Succeeded by	Denis Healey
	UK/Minister of Aviation
In office
	27 July 1960 - 13 July 1962
Preceded by	Duncan Sandys
	Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office
	13 January 1957 - 6 January 1958
Preceded by	Harold Macmillan
	President of the Board of Trade
In office
	30 October 1951 - 13 January 1957
	Member of Parliament for Monmouth
In office
	30 October 1945 - 31 March 1966
Succeeded by	Gwyneth Dunwoody, Michael Heseltine, David Howell, John Nott, David Owen, Geoffrey Rippon, David Winnick
	Member of Parliament for Stafford
In office
	9 June 1938 - 5 July 1945
Succeeded by	Herbert Bowden, George Brown, Hugh Gaitskell, Herbert Morrison, Alfred Robens, Michael Stewart

Event Participated in

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
1948 Hague Congress	7 May 1948	11 May 1948	The Hague Netherlands	Landmark conference which had a profound influence on the shape of the European Movement. Many of the groups organizing the conference received covert funding from the CIA.

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