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Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

9Records
1850–1991Date range
4Named people
6Places

Chronological records

1850

Robert Peel1850

Drayton · Government / Conservative Party Government

Buried in Drayton

1881

Benjamin Disraeli Beaconsfield1881

Hughenden · Government / Conservative Party Government

Buried at Hughenden

1965

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill27 January 1965

Westminster Hall · Government / Conservative Party Government

The lying-in-state commences 9:00am, Wednesday, January 27th for 3 days

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill30 January 1965

Westminster Hall · Government / Conservative Party Government

9:35am the bearer party of Grenadier Guards removes the coffin from the Catafalque

Winston Leonard Spencer ChurchillJanuary 1965

Bladon · Government / Conservative Party Government

Given a state funeral & buried less than 1 mile from his place of birth

Winston Leonard Spencer ChurchillJanuary 1965

Westminster Hall · Government / Conservative Party Government

Churhills body lies in state at Westminster Hall. 350,000 people queued, most for three or four hours, to pay homage

1984

Margaret Hilda Thatcher9 February 1984

Government / Conservative Party Government

Attends Andropovs funeral in the USSR

1985

Margaret Hilda Thatcher11 March 1985

Moscow · Government / Conservative Party Government

Attends Chernenkos funeral in Moscow

1991

Margaret Hilda ThatcherJuly 1991

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Heffer has a memorial service at St Margarets, Westminster, attended by Thatcher

Names involved

Benjamin Disraeli BeaconsfieldMargaret Hilda ThatcherRobert PeelWinston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Provenance

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