4. EarlyLife and Education Shewasborn on 13 October 1925 inGrantham Father Alfred Roberts-analderman and a Methodist MotherBeatrice Ethel Huntingtower Road PrimarySchool A scholarship to Kesteven and GranthamGirls’ School SomervilleCollege, Oxford SecondClassHonoursin 1947 BachelorofSciencedegree
5. President of the Oxford University Conservative Association in 1946 Moved to Colchester in Essex Local Conservative Association The party conference at Llandudno in 1948 University Graduate Conservative Association Met Denis Thatcherin 1951 MovedtoDartford
7. EarlyPoliticalCareer General electionsinFebruary 1950 and October 1951 Lostbothtimes MarriedDenis Thatcherin 1951 1953 Mark and Carol MemberofParliament (1959–1970) EducationSecretary (1970–1974) Leader of the Opposition (1975–1979) Prime Minister (1979–1990)
9. Economy and Taxation Monetarist thinking MiltonFriedman and Friedrich vonHayek Loweredtaxes City TechnologyColleges TheSocial Market Foundation PollTaxRiotsin 1990
11. Post-Commons “Geopoliticalconsultant“ for Philip Morris Maastricht Treaty Honorary Chancellor of the College of William and Mary HonoraryoftheUniversity of Buckingham (1992–1999) Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World
12. Since 2003 Sir Denis Thatcherdiedin 2003 Her 80th birthdayin 2005 A statue in the Houses of Parliament
14. Legacy PrivyCouncillorin 1970 A peer in the House of Lords in 1992 A Lady Companion of the Order of the Garterin 1995 A Fellow of the Royal Societyin 1983 ThePresidential Medal ofFreedom TheRepublican Senatorial Medal of Freedom TheRonald Reagan Freedom Award A patron of the Heritage Foundation