Peter Thorneycroft Baron Thorneycroft

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George Edward Peter Thorneycroft Baron Thorneycroft CH PC (26 July 1909 – 4 June 1994) was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer between 1957 and 1958.

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active years end date

1945-07-05, 1957-01-13, 1958-01-06, 1962-07-13, 1964-10-16, 1965-08-04, 1966-03-31, 1966-04-13, 1981-09-14

active years start date

1938-06-09, 1945-10-30, 1951-10-30, 1957-01-13, 1960-07-27, 1962-07-13, 1964-10-16, 1965-08-04, 1975-02-11

birth date

1909-07-26

death date

1994-06-04

office

Member of Parliament, President of the Board of Trade, Shadow Home Secretary, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence, for Stafford, Secretary of State for Defence, for Monmouth, Minister of Aviation

order in office

Chairman of the Conservative Party

party

Conservative Party (UK)

prime minister

Winston Churchill, Alec Douglas-Home, Harold Macmillan, Anthony Eden

successor

Cecil Parkinson, Julian Amery, Enoch Powell, Denis Healey, Quintin Hogg Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, Donald Anderson Baron Anderson of Swansea, David Eccles 1st Viscount Eccles, Derick Heathcoat-Amory 1st Viscount Amory, Stephen Swingler

term period

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