Howe, Geoffrey (20 Dec. 1926) Quick reference
A Dictionary of Contemporary World History (6 ed.)
...Howe, Geoffrey (b. Port Talbot , 20 Dec. 1926 ; d. Idlicote, Warwickshire , 9 Oct. 2015 ) UK Chancellor of the Exchequer 1979–83 , Foreign Secretary 1983–9 Howe was born in Port Talbot in south Wales. His father was a solicitor who could afford to send his son to Winchester. Howe then went to Cambridge to read law. He was an early member of the Bow Group, which consisted of members of university Conservative associations, and was chairman in 1955 . He was a successful barrister before entering politics. Howe entered the House of Commons in ...
Howe, Geoffrey (20 Dec. 1926) Quick reference
A Dictionary of Political Biography (2 ed.)
..., Geoffrey (b. Glamorgan , 20 Dec. 1926 ; d. Idlicote, England , 9 Oct. 2015 ) British ; Chancellor of the Exchequer 1979–83 , Foreign Secretary 1983–9 ; Kt. 1970 , Baron (life peer) 1992 Howe was born in Port Talbot in south Wales. His father was a solicitor who could afford to send his son to Winchester. Howe then went to Cambridge to read law. He was an early member of the Bow Group, which consisted of members of university Conservative associations, and was chairman in 1955 . He was a successful barrister before entering politics. Howe...
Geoffrey Howe (1926–2015) Quick reference
Oxford Essential Quotations (6 ed.)
...0Geoffrey Geoffrey Howe 1926 – 2015 British Conservative politician It is rather like sending your opening batsmen to the crease only for them to find the moment that the first balls are bowled that their bats have been broken before the game by the team captain. on the difficulties caused him as Foreign Secretary by Margaret Thatcher 's anti-European views resignation speech as Deputy Prime Minister, in the House of Commons, 13 November 1990 bats have been broken bats have been broken broken by the team ...
Geoffrey Howe (1926– ) Reference library
Oxford Dictionary of Political Quotations (4 ed.)
...0Geoffrey Geoffrey Howe 1926 – British Conservative politician . On Howe: see healey It is rather like sending your opening batsmen to the crease only for them to find, the moment the first balls are bowled, that their bats have been broken before the game by the team captain. resignation speech which precipitated the fall of Margaret thatcher in the House of Commons, 13 November 1990 opening batsmen to the crease bats have been broken bats have been broken broken by the team captain The time has come for others to consider their own...
Geoffrey Howe (1926–2015) Reference library
Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (8 ed.)
...0Geoffrey Geoffrey Howe 1926 – 2015 British Conservative politician . On Howe: see healey It is rather like sending your opening batsmen to the crease only for them to find the moment that the first balls are bowled that their bats have been broken before the game by the team captain. on the difficulties caused him as Foreign Secretary by Margaret thatcher 's anti-European views resignation speech as Deputy Prime Minister, in the House of Commons, 13 November 1990 opening batsmen to the crease bats have been broken bats have been broken broken...
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Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations (3 ed.)
...0Geoffrey Geoffrey Howe 1926 – British Conservative politician , Foreign Secretary 1983–9; his resignation from Margaret thatcher 's government in 1990 precipitated her downfall . On Howe: see healey It is rather like sending your opening batsmen to the crease only for them to find the moment that the first balls are bowled that their bats have been broken before the game by the team captain. on the difficulties caused him as Foreign Secretary by Margaret Thatcher's anti-European views resignation speech as Deputy Prime Minister, in the House of...
Howe, Sir Geoffrey (1926) Quick reference
World Encyclopedia
..., Sir Geoffrey ( 1926 – ) British statesman , chancellor of the exchequer ( 1979–83 ), foreign secretary ( 1983–89 ), deputy prime minister and leader of the House of Commons ( 1989–90 ). A leading figure in the Conservative cabinet of Margaret Thatcher , Howe made a damning resignation speech after Thatcher had voiced her hostility to the euro...
Howe, Sir Geoffrey (b. 1926) Reference library
Andrew Sanders
The Oxford Companion to British History (2 ed.)
..., Sir Geoffrey ( b. 1926 ) . Howe served in Heath ’s government ( 1970–4 ) first as solicitor-general and then as minister for trade and consumer affairs. When the Tories lost the 1974 elections he became opposition spokesman first for social services and then for the economy. In 1979 he became chancellor of the Exchequer under Mrs Thatcher , before moving to the Foreign Office after the 1983 election. However, his growing antagonism towards the prime minister over the exchange rate mechanism led her to remove him from that post in 1989 . He then...
Geoffrey Howe 1926–2015 Quick reference
Oxford Essential Quotations (6 ed.)
...0Geoffrey999 Geoffrey Howe 1926–2015 Like being savaged by a dead sheep. on being criticized by Geoffrey Howe in the House of Commons Denis Healey 1917 – 2015 British Labour politician in the House of Commons, 14 June 1978 savaged by a dead sheep savaged by a dead ...
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