Geoffrey Howe
(1926-2015), Politician; Deputy Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Foreign Secretary(Richard Edward) Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon
Sitter in 11 portraits
Politician. Born at Port Talbot and educated at Winchester and Cambridge, he became a barrister, and became a Queen's Counsel (QC) in 1965. Howe became a Conservative member of Parliament in 1964. He was Margaret Thatcher's Chancellor of the Exchequer (1979-83), Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1983-9), and Leader of the House of Commons and Deputy Prime Minister (1989-90). His resignation, over differences of opinion with Margaret Thatcher over Europe, led to Thatcher's own fall from power. He was created a Life Peer in 1992.
Conservative Party Conference, Brighton 1982
by Paul Brason
oil on canvas, 1982-1985
NPG 5843
Margaret Thatcher with her Shadow Cabinet , 1975
by Keystone Press Agency Ltd
vintage print, 20 February 1975
NPG x194195
The Conservative Shadow Cabinet
by Tom Blau
digital chromogenic print, 1977
NPG x131958
Margaret Thatcher and the Cabinet of 1979
by Central Press
bromide press print, June 1979
NPG x182327
by Unknown photographer
vintage print, 1986-1987
NPG x27968
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