Artwork by Margit Raczkowski
“I did not either then or later regard amiability as an indispensible or even particularly important attribute of leadership.”
Margaret Thatcher on Ted Heath
13 October 1925 – 8 April 2013
Conservative Candidate for Dartford 1950, 1951
Member of Parliament for Finchley 1959-1992
Member of the House of Lords 1992-2013
Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance 1961-1964
Opposition Pensions Spokesman 1964-1965
Opposition Housing and Land Spokesman 1965-1966
Opposition Treasury Spokesman 1966-1967
Shadow Fuel and Power Minister 1967-1968
Shadow Transport Minister 1968-1969
Shadow Education Secretary 1969-1970
Secretary of State for Education and Science 1970-1974
Shadow Environment Secretary 1974-1975
Leader of the Conservative Party 1975-1990
Leader of the Opposition 1975-1979
Prime Minister 1979-1990
Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven 1992-2013
