1926 - British Conservative politician,
member of Parliament for Surrey East. Under
Heath he was solicitor-general 1970-72 and
minister for trade 1972-74; as chancellor of
the Exchequer 1979-83 under Margaret
Thatcher, he put into practice the monetarist
policy which reduced inflation at the cost of
a rise in unemployment. In 1983 he became
foreign secretary, and in 1989 he
unexpectedly became deputy prime minister and
leader of the House of Commons. On Nov 1 1990
he resigned in protest of Thatcher's
continued opposition to Britain's greater
integration in Europe.