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Resignation of Peter Alexander Rupert Carrington

Great Britain · Warfare / Falklands War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

4Records
1982Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1982

Peter Alexander Rupert Carrington Carrington, 6th5 April 1982

London · Warfare / Falklands War

Resigns as Foreign Secretary after the invasion.

Peter Alexander Rupert Carrington Carrington, 6th5 April 1982

London · Warfare / Falklands War

Carrington resigns and is replaced as Foreign Secretary by Francis Pym

Francis Pym5 April 1982

London · Warfare / Falklands War

Lord Carrington resigns as Foreign Secretary after the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands, creating the vacancy that Francis Pym fills the following day.

Margaret Hilda Thatcher5 April 1982

London · Warfare / Falklands War

Carrington resigns and is replaced as Foreign Secretary by Francis Pym

Names involved

Francis PymMargaret Hilda ThatcherPeter Alexander Rupert Carrington Carrington, 6th

Provenance

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