Peter Thorneycroft

The Right Honourable The Lord Thorneycroft CH PC
by Walter Stoneman, 1948
Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office 13 January 1957 – 6 January 1958
Prime Minister	Harold Macmillan
Preceded by	Harold Macmillan
Succeeded by	Derick Heathcoat-Amory
Chairman of the Conservative Party
In office 11 February 1975 – 14 September 1981
Leader	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	William Whitelaw
Succeeded by	Cecil Parkinson
Secretary of State for Defence[a]
In office 13 July 1962 – 16 October 1964
Prime Minister	Harold Macmillan Alec Douglas-Home
Preceded by	Harold Watkinson
Succeeded by	Denis Healey
Minister of Aviation
In office 27 July 1960 – 13 July 1962
Prime Minister	Harold Macmillan
Preceded by	Duncan Sandys
Succeeded by	Julian Amery
President of the Board of Trade
In office 30 October 1951 – 13 January 1957
Prime Minister	Winston Churchill Anthony Eden
Preceded by	Hartley Shawcross
Succeeded by	David Eccles
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 4 December 1967 – 4 June 1994 Life Peerage
Parliamentary offices Member of Parliament for Monmouth In office 31 October 1945 – 10 March 1966 Preceded by Leslie Pym Succeeded by Donald Anderson Member of Parliament for Stafford In office 9 June 1938 – 15 June 1945 Preceded by William Ormsby-Gore Succeeded by Stephen Swingler Shadow Cabinet positions Shadow Home Secretary In office 4 August 1965 – 13 April 1966 Leader Edward Heath Shadowing Frank Soskice Roy Jenkins Preceded by Edward Boyle Succeeded by Quintin Hogg Shadow Secretary of State for Defence In office 16 October 1964 – 4 August 1965 Leader Alec Douglas-Home Shadowing Denis Healey Preceded by Denis Healey Succeeded by Enoch Powell
Personal details
Born	(1909-07-26)26 July 1909 Dunston, United Kingdom
Died	4 June 1994(1994-06-04) (aged 84) London, United Kingdom
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	Royal Military Academy, Woolwich City Law School

George Edward Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft, CH, PC (26 July 1909 – 4 June 1994) was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer between 1957 and 1958.

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