Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts), Baroness Thatcher (1925-2013), Prime Minister
Sitter in 30 portraits
Conservative Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990. Margaret Thatcher was the first woman to hold the office in Britain and was re-elected twice, in 1983 and 1987. Educated at Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School and Somerville College, Oxford, her first career was as a research chemist (1947-51). She was called to the Bar, Lincoln's Inn, in 1954. Her career at the House of Commons began when she was elected MP for Finchley in 1959. Created a Life Peer in 1992.
Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts), Baroness Thatcher
by Yousuf Karsh
bromide print, 1976
NPG P255
Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts), Baroness Thatcher
by Yousuf Karsh
bromide print, 1976
NPG P490(76)
Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts), Baroness Thatcher
by Bernard Lee ('Bern') Schwartz
dye transfer print, 24 May 1977
NPG P1261
Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts), Baroness Thatcher
by Norman Parkinson
bromide print, 1981
NPG P176
Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts), Baroness Thatcher
by Norman Parkinson
colour print, 1981
NPG P177
Conservative Party Conference, Brighton 1982
by Paul Brason
oil on canvas, 1982-1985
NPG 5843
Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts), Baroness Thatcher
by Gerald Scarfe
pen and indian ink, 1983
NPG 6010
Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts), Baroness Thatcher
by Rodrigo Moynihan
oil on canvas, 1983-1985
On display in Room 32 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5728
Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts), Baroness Thatcher
by Gerald Scarfe
ink and watercolour on paper, 1983
NPG 6476
Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts), Baroness Thatcher
by Brian Griffin
bromide print, 1986
NPG P415
The House of Commons, 24 July 1986
by Christopher John ('Chris') Orr
aquatint and etching, 1986
NPG 6834
Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts), Baroness Thatcher
by Walter Bird
bromide print on card mount, 15 November 1961
NPG x165791
Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts), Baroness Thatcher
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by Clay Perry
C-type colour print, 1974
NPG x136993
Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts), Baroness Thatcher
by Robin Laurance
bromide print from digital scan, February 1975
NPG x128604
Jean Fraser; Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts), Baroness Thatcher
by Derek Bayes
vintage print, April 1975
NPG x184139
Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts), Baroness Thatcher
by David Bailey
bromide fibre print, 1975
NPG x125612
The Conservative Shadow Cabinet
by Tom Blau
modern C-type from original transparency, 1977
NPG x131958
Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts), Baroness Thatcher
by Norman Parkinson
cibachrome print, 1981
NPG x30176
Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts), Baroness Thatcher
by Gemma Levine
bromide print, 1986
NPG x88867
by Anne-Katrin Purkiss
bromide fibre print, 11 June 1987
NPG x31695
Grantham Museum, Grantham, Lincolnshire
Category
Politics, Government and Diplomacy
Groups
British Prime Ministers
Place
Lincolnshire
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