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. Thorneycroft was educated at Eton and then was called to the bar. He was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for Stafford at a 1938 by-election, but lost the seat at the 1945 general election.

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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. Thorneycroft was educated at Eton and then was called to the bar. He was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for Stafford at a 1938 by-election, but lost the seat at the 1945 general election. He returned to Parliament at a by-election in October 1945 as MP for Monmouth in Wales, and held that seat until his defeat at the 1966 general election. He served as President of the Board of Trade under Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden. In 1957, Harold Macmillan appointed him Chancellor of the Exchequer, one of the most senior positions in the government. He resigned in 1958, along with two junior Treasury Ministers, Enoch Powell and Nigel Birch, in objection to increased government expenditure. Macmillan, himself a former Chancellor, made a famous and much-quoted remark to the effect that the resignations were merely "little local difficulties". In reality, Macmillan was deeply concerned about the possible effects of Thorneycroft's resignation, but chose to hide his worries from public view. The phrase is now so well-known that most people do not know what or whom it refers to. Thorneycroft returned to the Cabinet in 1960 and held a number of posts in government and then in opposition under Macmillan and Alec Douglas-Home. Ted Heath, who became leader of the party in 1965, had been Chief Whip when Thorneycroft resigned in 1958 and had seen the resignation as a betrayal. Thorneycroft lost his seat at the 1966 general election and received a life peerage, taking a seat in the House of Lords as Baron Thorneycroft, of Dunston in the County of Stafford. Thorneycroft was a strong supporter of Margaret Thatcher's monetarist policies, and she made him Chairman of the Conservative Party in 1975. He held this position until 1981. He was notable as an amateur watercolourist and held exhibitions.
  • George Edward Peter Thorneycroft, baron Thorneycroft CH, brytyjski polityk, członek Partii Konserwatywnej, minister w rządach Winstona Churchilla, Anthony'ego Edena, Harolda Macmillana i Aleca Douglasa-Home'a. Wykształcenie odebrał w Eton College. Następnie rozpoczął praktykę adwokacką. W 1938 r. został wybrany do Izby Gmin w wyborach uzupełniających w okręgu Stafford. Miejsce w parlamencie utracił po wyborach powszechnych w 1945 r. Do Izby Gmin powrócił jeszcze w tym samym roku, po wyborach uzupełniających w okręgu Monmouth. W rządzie dozorującym Churchilla w 1945 r. był parlamentarnym sekretarzem w ministerstwie transportu wojennego. Po wygranej konserwatystów w wyborach 1951 r. Thorneycroft został przewodniczącym Zarządu Handlu. W 1957 r. objął stanowisko Kanclerza Skarbu. Zrezygnował w 1958 r. w proteście przeciwko rządowej polityce finansowej. Thorneycroft powrócił do gabinetu w 1960 r. jako minister lotnictwa cywilnego. W latach 1962-1964 był ministrem obrony. W latach 1965-1966 był ministrem spraw wewnętrznych w gabinecie cieni. W Izbie Gmin zasiadał do przegranych wyborów w 1966 r. Następnie został kreowany parem dożywotnim jako baron Thorneycroft i zasiadł w Izbie Lordów. W późniejszych latach lord Thorneycroft zaliczał się do grona zwolenników Margaret Thatcher. Z jej poparciem objął w 1975 r. stanowisko przewodniczącego Partii Konserwatywnej i sprawował je do 1981 r. Zmarł w 1994 r. Był dwukrotnie żonaty (jego drugą żoną była Carla Cappi). Z pierwszą żoną miał syna, z drugą córkę.
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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. Thorneycroft was educated at Eton and then was called to the bar. He was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament (MP) for Stafford at a 1938 by-election, but lost the seat at the 1945 general election.
  • George Edward Peter Thorneycroft, baron Thorneycroft CH, brytyjski polityk, członek Partii Konserwatywnej, minister w rządach Winstona Churchilla, Anthony'ego Edena, Harolda Macmillana i Aleca Douglasa-Home'a. Wykształcenie odebrał w Eton College. Następnie rozpoczął praktykę adwokacką. W 1938 r. został wybrany do Izby Gmin w wyborach uzupełniających w okręgu Stafford. Miejsce w parlamencie utracił po wyborach powszechnych w 1945 r.
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