Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography (143 page)

1
.
Letter to Muriel, mid-Feb. 1952 (undated).
2
.
Margaret Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, HarperCollins, 1995, p. 76.
3
.
Carol Thatcher,
Below the Parapet: The Biography of Denis Thatcher
, HarperCollins, 1996, p. 65.
4
.
Letter to Muriel, 19 Dec. 1951.
5
.
Ibid.
6
.
Carol Thatcher,
Below the Parapet
, p. 65.
7
.
Postcard to Muriel, Dec. 1951 (undated).
8
.
Letter to Muriel, 28 Jan. 1952.
9
.
Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 77.
10
.
Sunday Graphic
, 17 Feb. 1952 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/100936
).
11
.
Letter from Alfred Roberts to Muriel, 1 Apr. 1952.
12
.
Letter to Muriel, 21 Apr. 1952.
13
.
Carol Thatcher,
Below the Parapet
, p. 69.
14
.
Ibid., p. 71.
15
.
Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, pp. 80 –81.
16
.
The Thatcher Papers, Churchill College, Cambridge, THCR 1/1/1.
17
.
Ibid.
18
.
Carol Thatcher,
Below the Parapet
, p. 71.
19
.
Letter to Muriel, 20 Sep. 1953.
20
.
Interview with Sir Denis Thatcher.
21
.
Letter to Muriel, 20 Jan. 1954.
22
.
Letter to Muriel, probably mid-Jan. 1955 (undated).
23
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Letter to Muriel, 10 July 1958.
24
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Letter to Muriel, 3 July 1958.
25
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Letter to Muriel, probably early 1960s (undated).
26
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Letter to Muriel, 18 Nov. 1963.
27
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Letter to Muriel, Sept. 1960 (undated).
28
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Letter to Muriel, probably Oct. 1957 (undated).
29
.
Letter to Muriel, probably Jan. 1955 (undated).
30
.
Carol Thatcher,
Below the Parapet
, p. 72.
31
.
Letter to Muriel, early 1960s (undated).
32
.
Interview with Carol Thatcher.
33
.
Ibid.
34
.
Onward
, Apr. 1954 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/100939
).
35
.
Letter to Muriel, probably June 1955 (undated).
36
.
Interview with Carol Thatcher.
37
.
Interviews with Andrew Cullen and Jane Mayes (née Cullen).
38
.
Interview with Andrew Cullen.
39
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Interview with Carol Thatcher.
40
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Letter to Muriel, early 1960s (undated).
41
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Letter to Muriel, Jan. or Feb. 1955 (undated).
42
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Letter to Muriel, 20 Jan. 1954.
43
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Letter to Muriel, 3 July 1958.
44
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Letter to Muriel, 16 Feb. 1954.
45
.
Letter to Muriel, probably Oct. 1957 (undated).
46
.
Ibid.
47
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Carol Thatcher,
Below the Parapet
, p. 77.
48
.
Letter to Muriel, probably Oct. 1957 (undated).
49
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Letter to Muriel, 31 Dec. 1957.
50
.
Interview with Carol Thatcher.
51
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Letter to Muriel, 20 Jan. 1954.
52
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Interview with Pamela Thomas.
53
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Interview with Sir Frederick Lawton.
54
.
Ibid.
55
.
Ibid.
56
.
Ibid.
57
.
Ibid.
58
.
See Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 84.
59
.
Ibid.
60
.
Interview with Sir Frederick Lawton.
61
.
Ibid.
62
.
Interview with Sir Denis Thatcher.
63
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Letter to Muriel, probably Jan. 1955 (undated).
64
.
Interview with Lord and Lady Brightman.
65
.
Ibid.
66
.
Information from John Stevenson.
67
.
Quoted in Patricia Murray,
Margaret Thatcher
, W. H. Allen, 1980, p. 54.
68
.
Interview with Pamela Thomas.
69
.
Ibid.
70
.
Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 88.
71
.
Interview with Lord Jenkin.
72
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Interview with Pamela Thomas.
73
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Copy at THCR 1/1/1.
74
.
Ibid.
75
.
Interview with Muriel Cullen (née Roberts).
76
.
Grantham Journal
, 23 May 1952.
77
.
Ibid., 13 Feb. 1970.
78
.
Woman to Woman
(Yorkshire Television), 19 Nov. 1985 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/105830
).
79
.
Grantham Journal,
draft obituary of Lady Thatcher.
80
.
See letter from John Hare to Margaret Thatcher, 15 Dec. 1954, copy at THCR 1/1/1.
81
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Letter to John Hare, 3 Jan. 1955, copy at THCR 1/1/1.
82
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Letter to John Hare, wrongly dated 1954, copy at THCR 1/1/1.
83
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Letter to Donald Kaberry, 28 Feb. 1956, copy at THCR 1/1/1.
84
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Letter to Donald Kaberry, 15 Mar. 1956, copy at THCR 1/1/1.
85
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Letter to Donald Kaberry, 2 Dec. 1957, copy at THCR 1/1/1.
86
.
Letter to Muriel, probably Oct. 1957 (undated).
87
.
Copy at THCR 1/1/1.
88
.
Letter to Muriel, 3 July 1958.
89
.
Interview with Derek Phillips.
90
.
Interview with John Tiplady.
91
.
Letter to Donald Kaberry, 18 Aug. 1958, copy at THCR 1/1/1.
92
.
Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 95.
93
.
Interview with John Tiplady.
94
.
Interview with Derek Phillips.
95
.
Interview with Haden Blatch.
96
.
Carol Thatcher,
Below the Parapet
, p. 78.
97
.
Evening Standard
, 15 July 1958.
98
.
Copy at THCR 1/1/1.
99
.
Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 97.
100
.
See Conservative Party Archive, Bodleian Library, Oxford, CCO 1/12/375.
101
.
Copy at THCR 1/1/1.
102
.
Speech at Finchley adoption meeting, 31 July 1958, reported in
Finchley Press
, 8 Aug. 1958 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/100941
).
103
.
Ibid., reported in
Finchley Times
, 1 Aug. 1958 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/100941
).
104
.
Ibid.
105
.
Interview with John Tiplady.
106
.
Letter to Miss Burgess, 17 Sept. 1958, CCO 1/12/375.
107
.
Interview with Lady Thatcher.
108
.
Ibid.
109
.
Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 98.
110
.
David Kynaston,
Family Britain, 1951–57
(in the series
Tales of a New Jerusalem
), Bloomsbury, 2009, p. 697.
111
.
Quoted in Alistair Horne,
Macmillan
, vol. ii:
1957–86
, Macmillan, 1989, p. 62.
112
.
Ibid., p. 143.
113
.
Finchley Press
, 26 Mar. 1959.
114
.
All above quotations from speech in Friern Barnet, 3 Apr. 1959, reported in
Finchley Press
, 10 Apr. 1959 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/101016
).
115
.
Speech at adoption meeting, 21 Sept. 1959, reported in
Finchley Borough News
, 26 Sept. 1959 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/100944
).
116
.
Interview with
Evening News
, 5 Oct. 1959 (Christopher Collins, ed.,
Complete Public Statements of Margaret Thatcher 1945–90 on CD-ROM
, Oxford University Press, 1998/2000).
117
.
Ibid.

1
.
Interview with Paddi Lilley.
2
.
Ibid.
3
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Letter to Muriel, 15 Oct. 1959.
4
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Letter from Alfred Roberts to Muriel, 18 Oct. 1959.
5
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Conversation with Lady Thatcher.
6
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Any Questions?
(BBC Light Programme), 8 Jan. 1960 (Christopher Collins, ed.,
Complete Public Statements of Margaret Thatcher 1945–90 on CD-ROM
, Oxford University Press, 1998/2000).
7
.
Evening News
, 22 Jan. 1960 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/101053
).
8
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Papers relating to the compilation of Lady Thatcher’s memoirs, The Thatcher Papers, Churchill College, Cambridge, THCR 4/4.
9
.
Interview with Paddi Lilley.
10
.
See Margaret Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, HarperCollins, 1995, pp. 109 ff.
11
.
Ibid., p. 111.
12
.
John Campbell,
Margaret Thatcher
, 2 vols, Jonathan Cape, 2000, 2003, vol. i:
The Grocer’s Daughter
.
13
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Hansard, SC Deb (C) 6 Apr. 1960.
14
.
Interview with Lord Simon of Glaisdale.
15
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The National Archives (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO) HLG 29/490 XC10776.
16
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TNA: PRO HLG 29/490 XC10776, HA (59) 153.
17
.
TNA: PRO HLG 29/490 XC10776.
18
.
Ibid.
19
.
Ibid.
20
.
Ibid.
21
.
Interview with Lord Deedes.
22
.
Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 112.
23
.
All above quotations from Hansard, HC Deb 5 Feb. 1960 (
http://www. margaretthatcher.org/document/101055
).
24
.
Sunday Dispatch
, 7 Feb. 1960 (Collins, ed.,
Complete Public Statements
).
25
.
Evening News
, 25 Feb. 1960 (Collins, ed.,
Complete Public Statements
).
26
.
All above quotations from
Daily Express
, 4 Mar. 1960 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/100948
).
27
.
Hansard, HC Deb 13 May 1960 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/101069
).
28
.
Any Questions?
(BBC Light Programme), 4 Nov. 1960.
29
.
Letter from Alfred Roberts to Muriel Cullen, 13 Apr. 1961.
30
.
All quotations from Hansard, SC Deb (B) 14 Feb. 1961 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/101088
).
31
.
Ibid.
32
.
Letter from Alfred Roberts to Muriel Cullen, 26 Aug. 1960.
33
.
Letter from Alfred Roberts to Muriel Cullen, 16 Sept. 1960.
34
.
Letter from Alfred Roberts to Muriel Cullen, 27 Sept. 1960.
35
.
Liverpool Daily Post
, 6 Dec. 1960 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/100954
).
36
.
Letter from Alfred Roberts to Muriel Cullen, 23 Dec. 1961.
37
.
Letter to Muriel, late 1960 (undated).
38
.
Letter from Alfred Roberts to Muriel Cullen, 27 Apr. 1961.
39
.
Letter from Alfred Roberts to Muriel Cullen, 24 June 1961.
40
.
Letter from Margaret Thatcher to Alfred Roberts, 4 Sept. 1961.
41
.
Letter from Margaret Thatcher to Alfred Roberts, probably June 1962 (undated).
42
.
Interview with Carol Thatcher.
43
.
Letter from Alfred Roberts to Muriel Cullen, 17 Apr. 1962.
44
.
Daily Express
, 17 Apr. 1961 (Collins, ed.,
Complete Public Statements
).
45
.
Ibid.
46
.
Peter Catterall (ed),
The Macmillan Diaries
, vol. ii:
Prime Minister and After,
1957
–
1966
, Macmillan, 2011, p. 417.
47
.
Sheffield Telegraph
, 11 Oct. 1961 (Collins, ed.,
Complete Public Statements
).
48
.
Cutting from unidentified newspaper, 10 Oct. 1961 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/101112
).
49
.
Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 119.
50
.
Ibid.
51
.
Ibid., pp. 118–19.
52
.
Interview with Lady Thatcher.
53
.
John Boyd-Carpenter,
Way of Life
, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1980, p. 133.
54
.
Ibid.
55
.
Interview with Sir Michael Partridge.
56
.
MPNI Annual Report 1962.
57
.
Hansard, SC Deb (B) 5 Dec. 1961 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/101121
).
58
.
Hansard, HC Deb 13 Dec. 1961 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/101123
).
59
.
Ibid., 13 Mar. 1962 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/101134
).
60
.
Ibid., 22 Jan. 1964 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/101222
).
61
.
Ibid., 6 Feb. 1963 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/101172
).
62
.
Ibid., 13 Mar. 1962.
63
.
Ibid., 6 Feb. 1963 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/101173
).
64
.
Ibid., 13 July 1962 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/101153
).
65
.
Boyd-Carpenter,
Way of Life
, pp. 257–8.
66
.
Richard Crossman,
The Diaries of a Cabinet Minister
, vol. iii:
Secretary of State for Social Services 1968–70
, ed. Janet Morgan, Hamish Hamilton/Jonathan Cape, 1977, 26 Oct. 1969.
67
.
Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 120.
68
.
THCR 4/4.
69
.
Ibid.
70
.
Ibid.
71
.
Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 121.
72
.
Interview with Sir Clive Bossom.
73
.
Speech to Finchley Conservatives, 14 Aug. 1961, reported in
Finchley Press
, 18 Aug. 1961 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/101105
).
74
.
Remarks at Conservative Association meeting, 10 Aug. 1962, reported in
Finchley Press
, 17 Aug. 1962 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/101156
).
75
.
Speech at Finchley Conservative Fair, 22 June 1963, reported in
Finchley Press
, 28 June 1963 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/101191
).
76
.
Hansard, HC Deb 19 Apr. 1961 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/101095
).
77
.
Speech to Finchley Conservative Women, 15 Mar. 1962, reported in
Finchley Press
, 23 Mar. 1962 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/101135
).
78
.
Remarks at Conservative Association meeting, 10 Aug. 1962, reported in
Finchley Press
, 17 Aug. 1962 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/101156
).
79
.
Ibid.
80
.
Letter from Margaret Thatcher to Alfred Roberts (undated).
81
.
Interview with Lady Thatcher.
82
.
Speech to Finchley Conservative Women, 11 July 1963, reported in
Finchley Press
, 19 July 1963 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/101195
).
83
.
See Alistair Horne,
Macmillan
, vol. ii:
1957–86
, Macmillan, 1989.
84
.
Interview with Lady Thatcher.
85
.
Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 129.
86
.
Interview with Lady Thatcher.
87
.
Ibid.
88
.
Letter from Margaret Thatcher to Alfred Roberts, 18 Nov. 1963.
89
.
THCR 4/4.
90
.
Thatcher,
The Path to Power
, p. 128.
91
.
Ibid., p. 129.
92
.
Interview with Lady Thatcher.
93
.
Speech to Finchley Conservatives (Whetstone Ward dinner), 19 Oct. 1963, reported in
Finchley Press
, 25 Oct. 1963 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/101200
).
94
.
See article by Margaret Thatcher in
Conservative Viewpoint
, 31 Dec. 1963 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/101219
).
95
.
Speech to Finchley Conservative Women, 16 Apr. 1964, reported in
Finchley Press
, 24 Apr. 1964 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/101233
).
96
.
Remarks visiting Golders Green (Brains Trust), 13 Feb. 1964, reported in
Finchley Times
, 21 Feb. 1964 (
http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/100962
).
97
.
THCR 4/4.
98
.
D. E. Butler and Anthony King,
The British General Election of 1964
, Macmillan, 1965.
99
.
Interview with Lord Donoughue.
100
.
Daily Telegraph
, 5 Oct. 1964 (Collins, ed.,
Complete Public Statements
).