(George Edward) Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft (1909-1994), Politician
Sitter in 27 portraits
Elected as a Conservative MP in 1938. He was appointed President of the Board of Trade in 1951, and was the youngest member of Winston Churchill's cabinet. In 1957 he became Chancellor of the Exchequer. He was in favour of government cuts to control inflation, but his view did not prevail, and he resigned the following year. He returned to the Cabinet in 1960 and held a number of posts in government and in opposition, before losing his seat in the 1966 general election, when he entered the House of Lords as Baron Thorneycroft of Dunston. A strong supporter of Margaret Thatcher's monetarist policies, she made him Chairman of the Conservative Party in 1975, a position he held until 1981.
(George Edward) Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft
by Theodore Ramos
oil on canvas, 1989
NPG 6061
(George Edward) Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft
by Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 10 November 1938
NPG x26966
(George Edward) Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft
by Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 10 November 1938
NPG x26967
(George Edward) Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft
by Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 10 November 1938
NPG x26968
(George Edward) Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print on white card mount, 1940s
NPG x14219
The Conservative Shadow Cabinet
by Tom Blau
modern C-type from original transparency, 1977
NPG x131958
(George Edward) Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft
by Sir Sidney Robert Nolan
oil on board, 1979
NPG 6495
(George Edward) Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft
by Howard Coster
quarter-plate film negative, 1943
NPG x22866
(George Edward) Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft
by Howard Coster
quarter-plate film negative, 1943
NPG x22867
(George Edward) Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft
by Howard Coster
quarter-plate film negative, 1943
NPG x22868
(George Edward) Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft
by Howard Coster
quarter-plate film negative, 1943
NPG x22869
(George Edward) Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft
by Navana Vandyk
half-plate film negative, 14 September 1948
NPG x97787
(George Edward) Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft
by Navana Vandyk
half-plate film negative, 14 September 1948
NPG x97788
(George Edward) Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft
by Navana Vandyk
half-plate film negative, 14 September 1948
NPG x97789
(George Edward) Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft
by Navana Vandyk
half-plate film negative, 14 September 1948
NPG x97790
(George Edward) Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1948
NPG x185673
(George Edward) Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft
by Lenare
nitrate negative, 2 October 1949
NPG x3922
(George Edward) Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft
by Lenare
nitrate negative, 2 October 1949
NPG x3923
(George Edward) Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft
by Lenare
nitrate negative, 2 October 1949
NPG x3924
(George Edward) Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft
by Lenare
nitrate negative, 2 October 1949
NPG x3925
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