Margaret Thatcher

Margaret, The Lady Thatcher, is the former Prime Minister of Great Britain serving from 1979 until 1990. Before holding that office, she served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Pensions (1961-1964) and the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1970-1974). She was chancellor of the College of William and Mary from 1993 until 2000.

A portrait of Thatcher hangs in the Blue Room in the Wren Building.

Preceded by	College of William and Mary Chancellor	Succeeded by
Warren E. Burger 1986-1993	Lady Margaret Thatcher 1993-2000	Henry A. Kissinger 2000-2005

Material in the Special Collections Research Center

• Margaret Thatcher in the SCRC database.

References

• "Margaret Thatcher (1925-)." BBC.
• "Margaret Thatcher." Wikipedia.

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