Margaret Thatcher: Power and Personality (109 page)

Gatehouse, Stella M.
50
,
115
,
171

GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters)
272–4

general elections
3–4
,
48–9
,
63–5
,
69–70
,
83–5
,
107
,
110–12
,
114
,
123
,
632

     of 1974 (February)
4
,
138–40
,
142
,
440

     of 1974 (October)
147–9
,
199

     of 1979,
233
,
237–44
,
246–7
,
441

          campaigning
233–7

          preparation/waiting
229–33

          victory
5
,
243–6

     of 1983
26
,
386–8
,
391
,
443
,
501

     of 1987
500
,
521–9

          strategy group (‘A-Team’)
521–3

          ‘Wobbly Thursday’
525–8

Germany

     MT’s views on and fears about reunification
27–8
,
49
,
460
,
555
,
592–4
,
599
,
671

     Nazi period
27–8
,
298
,
314

     
see also
Second World War

Gillies, Dorothy
35–8

Gilmour, Sir Ian (
later
Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar)
177
,
182
,
184
,
203
,
249–50
,
295
,
305
,
314
,
335
,
589

     as Wet
301
,
311
,
317

Giscard d’Estaing, Valéry
220
,
292–4
,
298–9

GKN (Birmingham), Kuwaiti export order car crisis
672–5

Goodrich, Margaret (
later
Wickstead)
12
,
31–2
,
36–7
,
41
,
51

Goose Green, Falklands
363
,
375
,
387

Gorbachev, Mikhail
299
,
476
,
478
,
491
,
592
,
628

     relationship with MT
8
,
480–7
,
493
,
495–8
,
631
,
641

     
see also
Soviet Union (USSR)

Gorbacheva, Raisa Maximovna
480–1
,
495

Gow, Ian (Parliamentary Private Secretary)
5
,
152
,
250
,
262
,
270
,
279
,
291
,
302
,
385–6
,
419
,
563
,
590
,
595
,
614–15

     assassination and funeral (1990)
419–20
,
595
,
601

     character
266–8
,
517

     Falklands War
323–4
,
326
,
334
,
341
,
346
,
354
,
356

grammar schools
121
,
129
,
251

Grand Hotel, Brighton: bombing of (1984)
53
,
410–15
,
453

Grantham, Lincolnshire
16
,
28–9

     Finkin Street Church
22–3
,
25
,
33
,
127
,
495

     first political speech of MT (1945)
48–9

     North Parade as MT’s birthplace/childhood home
see
North Parade, Grantham (birthplace and early childhood home)

     Alfred Roberts’s grocery shops
9–11
,
14

     in Second World War
27–31
,
296
,
460–1

     
see also
Kesteven and Grantham Girls’ School (KGGS)

Grenada invasion (1983)
466–8

Griffiths, Brian (
later
Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach)
308
,
541
,
543
,
585
,
679
,
681

Gummer, John Selwyn (
later
Baron Deben)
411–12
,
637
,
640

Haig, Alexander
336–9
,
365–6

‘Haig Two’ document
338–40
,
353

Hailsham, Quintin Hogg (Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone)
48
,
79
,
162–3
,
305
,
314
,
378
,
530

     as Lord Chancellor
249–50
,
254

Hamilton, Archie (Baron Hamilton of Epsom)
517–18
,
535
,
660

Hampson, Keith
589
,
622
,
635

‘handbagging’
294
,
517
,
562
,
665

Harris, Ralph (
later
Baron Harris of High Cross)
118
,
152
,
207

Hart, David
5
,
103
,
448–52
,
449
,
549

Haughey, Charles
415–16

Havers, Sir Michael (
later
Baron Havers)
77
,
348
,
511

Hayek, Friedrich von
152
,
205
,
207–8

     
The Constitution of Liberty
207

     
Road to Serfdom
52
,
207

Healey, Denis (
later
Baron Healey)
156
,
200
,
209
,
233
,
467
,
618

     exchanges with MT
18
,
157
,
170–1
,
199
,
201
,
212

Heath, Sir Edward
4
,
111
,
117
,
123
,
150
,
164
,
194
,
240
,
263

     appointing of MT to various posts
113–15
,
121
,
156
,
231

     character/personality
124–5
,
141
,
148
,
178–9
,
194

     compared to Enoch Powell
116–18

     compared to MT
124–5
,
137
,
144
,
219
,
252

     election campaign of 1979
238–9

     following MT’s election as Prime Minister
245
,
248–9

     general election of February 1974
138–40
,
142
,
440

     general election of October 1974
147–9
,
199

     hostility to in Conservative Party
142–4
,
149

     leadership elections
4
,
109–10
,
142
,
148
,
158
,
174

     MT, relationship with and opinions of each other
63
,
66
,
83
,
109–10
,
112
,
116
,
124
,
134–7
,
140
,
143
,
179
,
239
,
263
,
667

     and phoney war in Conservative Party (1974)
148–51

     policies
116–17

Henderson, Robert
62–3
,
67–8

Henderson, Sir Nicholas
339
,
355–6
,
364–5
,
464

Hermes
, HMS
324
,
327
,
334
,
373

Heseltine, Michael (
later
Baron Heseltine)
7
,
203
,
305
,
313
,
399
,
505–6
,
589–90

     character
138
,
622–3

     clash with MT
505–9

     Defence Secretary
384
,
427
,
466–7
,
506–9

     on Europe
507
,
568

     as possible successor to MT
613
,
621
,
638–9
,
645–6

          leadership election challenge
621–3
,
650

     ‘Tarzan’ nickname
505
,
622
,
633

     Westland crisis (1986)
307
,
470
,
507–18
,
613

Hitler, Adolf
27–8
,
242

Hong Kong
286
,
321–2
,
420–5

Hornsby-Smith, Patricia (
later
Baroness Hornsby-Smith)
56
,
88
,
95
,
97

Hoskyns, (Sir) John
204
,
262
,
265
,
282
,
315–16
,
441

     and Budget of 1981
309–10
,
312

     
Stepping Stones
(1977)
440–2

House of Commons
87
,
93

     final months of MT as Member
660–3

     maiden speeches in
88
,
91–2
,
94

     Private Members’ Bills
87–9
,
93
,
97

     Speakership, misjudgement by MT
391–3
,
395

Howe, Elspeth (
later
Baroness Howe of Idlicote)
309
,
411–12
,
563–4

Howe, Sir Geoffrey (
later
Baron Howe of Averavon)
6
,
77
,
138
,
152
,
176–7
,
179
,
204
,
329
,
344
,
385
,
411–12
,
515
,
521
,
550
,
576–9

     Budget of 1981
310–11

     Chancellor of the Exchequer
248
,
250
,
401
,
415
,
504
,
539

     Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) dispute
540–1
,
550–3

     exit from government (October 1990)
608–14

     Foreign Secretary
398
,
401
,
424–5
,
466
,
476
,
482
,
489–90
,
504
,
530
,
540
,
564

     as possible successor to MT
563–4
,
610

     relationship with MT/MT’s views on
6
,
182
,
251
,
299
,
254–5
,
550–2
,
561–5
,
609–11
,
650

     resignation letter
610–12
,
614

     resignation speech (November 1990)
7
,
394–5
,
617–21
,
643

          broken bats analogy
619–20

          purpose of destroying MT
618
,
620

          reactions to
619–20
,
650

     and Soviet relationship with the West
476
,
482
,
489–90

Howell, David
249–50
,
253
,
318
,
396
,
442

Huntingtower Road Council School
17–19

Hurd, Douglas (
later
Baron Hurd of Westwell)
521
,
553
,
601
,
604
,
606
,
625
,
628–31
,
635–7
,
641
,
645

Hussein, Saddam
598–600
,
632

Illustrious
, HMS
361–2
,
373

immigration policies
117
,
200–1

inflation
116
,
138
,
146–7
,
209–300
,
376
,
584

Ingham, (Sir) Bernard
136
,
266
,
268–9
,
276
,
306–7
,
480
,
504
,
548
,
567
,
613
,
615
,
628

     Westland crisis (1986)
510
,
514–15
,
517

Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA)
118
,
207–8

interest rates
318
,
547–8
,
584
,
605

interventionist policies
117
,
137
,
203
,
313

Invincible
, HMS
324
,
327
,
329
,
334

IRA (Irish National Liberation Army)

     assassination of Gow
419
,
595

     assassination of Neave
164
,
229–30
,
407

     terrorist attacks by
272
,
407
,
409–10
,
425

Ireland, Republic of, Anglo-Irish Agreement (1985)
415–20
,
595

Irish National Liberation Army, assassination of Neave (1979)
164
,
229–30

‘Iron Lady’ sobriquet
24
,
184
,
188
,
240
,
290
,
330
,
475
,
563