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Retirement

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

8Records
1868–2000Date range
8Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1868

Benjamin Disraeli Beaconsfield27 February 1868

Government / Conservative Party Government

Derby retires from the Prime Minister'ship due to ill health & hands over to Disraeli

1902

Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil Salisbury, 3rd1902

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Retires in favor of his nephew Arthur Balfour

1937

Stanley Baldwin Bewdley, 1st28 May 1937

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Retires as Prime Minister & from public life

1960

Derick Heathcoat Amory1960

Government / Conservative Party Government

Retires as Chancellor

1965

Richard Austen Butler Saffron Walden1965

Government / Conservative Party Government

Butler retires from politics

1989

Norman Tebbit1989

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Retires from the Government, allegedly over choice of advertising agencies

1991

Margaret Hilda Thatcher28 June 1991

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Announces she will not stand at the next election

2000

Edward Richard George Heath24 October 2000

Bexley · Government / Conservative Party Government

Announces retirement from the House of Commons, 50 unbroken years as Member of Parliament for Bexley

Names involved

Benjamin Disraeli BeaconsfieldDerick Heathcoat AmoryEdward Richard George HeathMargaret Hilda ThatcherNorman TebbitRichard Austen Butler Saffron WaldenRobert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil Salisbury, 3rdStanley Baldwin Bewdley, 1st

Provenance

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