The Right Honourable
The Baroness Thatcher
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A half-length portrait photograph of Thatcher in the mid-1990s
Studio portrait,c. 1995–96
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
In office
4 May 1979 – 28 November 1990
MonarchElizabeth II
DeputyGeoffrey Howe(1989–90)
Preceded byJames Callaghan
Succeeded byJohn Major
Leader of the Opposition
In office
11 February 1975 – 4 May 1979
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime Minister
  • Harold Wilson
  • James Callaghan
DeputyWilliam Whitelaw
Preceded byEdward Heath
Succeeded byJames Callaghan
Leader of the Conservative Party
In office
11 February 1975 – 28 November 1990
DeputyThe Viscount Whitelaw
Chairman
See list
  • The Lord Thorneycroft
  • Cecil Parkinson
  • John Gummer
  • Norman Tebbit
  • Peter Brooke
  • Kenneth Baker
Preceded byEdward Heath
Succeeded byJohn Major
Secretary of State for Education and Science
In office
20 June 1970 – 4 March 1974
Prime MinisterEdward Heath
Preceded byEdward Short
Succeeded byReg Prentice
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Pensions
In office
9 October 1961 – 16 October 1964
Serving withRichard Sharples and Lynch Maydon
Prime Minister
  • Harold Macmillan
  • Alec Douglas-Home
Preceded byPatricia Hornsby-Smith
Succeeded byNorman Pentland
Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment
In office
5 March 1974 – 11 February 1975
LeaderEdward Heath
ShadowingAnthony Crosland
Preceded byAnthony Crosland
Succeeded byTimothy Raison
Shadow Secretary of State for Education and Science
In office
10 January 1967 – 20 June 1970
LeaderEdward Heath
Shadowing
  • Anthony Crosland
  • Patrick Gordon Walker
  • Edward Short
Preceded byRichard Crossman
Succeeded byEdward Short
21st Chancellor of the College of William & Mary
In office
1 July 1993 – 1 July 2000
Preceded byWarren E. Burger
Succeeded byHenry Kissinger
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Life peerage
30 June 1992 – 8 April 2013
2011–2013Office closed
Member of Parliament
for Finchley
In office
8 October 1959 – 16 March 1992
Preceded byJohn Crowder
Succeeded byHartley Booth
Personal details
Born
Margaret Hilda Roberts

(1925-10-13)13 October 1925
Grantham, England
Died8 April 2013(2013-04-08)(aged 87)
London, England
Resting placeRoyal Hospital Chelsea
51°29′21″N0°09′22″W / 51.489057°N 0.156195°W /51.489057; -0.156195
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)
Sir Denis Thatcher, 1st Baronet
(m. 1951; died 2003)
Children
  • Sir Mark Thatcher, 2nd Baronet
  • The Hon Carol Thatcher
Parent(s)
  • Alfred Roberts (father)
EducationKesteven and Grantham Girls' School
Alma mater
  • Somerville College, Oxford (BSc)
  • Inns of Court School of Law
Occupation
  • Barrister
  • chemist
  • politician
AwardsSee list
Signaturecursive signature in ink
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