Margaret Thatcher received numerous honours in recognition of her career in politics. These included a peerage, membership of the Order of the Garter, the Order of Saint John and the Order of Merit, along with numerous other British and foreign honours. These included the Order of King Abdulaziz from Saudi Arabia in 1990. She was also honoured in Kuwait in 1991.
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Life peerage
editMargaret Thatcher was given a life peerage on her standing down from the House of Commons at the 1992 general election. This allowed her a seat in the House of Lords. She took the title Baroness Thatcher, of Kesteven in the County of Lincolnshire. She sat with the Conservative Party benches.
Titles
edit13 October 1925 - 1951: Ms. Margaret Hilda Roberts
1951 - 1959: Mrs. Dennis Thatcher
1959 - 1970: The Hon. Mrs. Margaret Thatcher, MP
1970 - 1990: The Rt. Hon Margaret Thatcher, PC MP
1990 - 1991: The Rt. Hon Lady Thatcher, OM PC, MP
1991 - 1992: The Rt. Hon Lady Thatcher, OM DStJ, PC, MP
March - June 1992: The Rt Hon Lady Thatcher, OM DStJ, PC
Coat of arms
editAs a member of the House of Lords with a life peerage,[1] Thatcher was entitled to use a personal coat of arms. A second coat of arms was created following her appointment as Lady Companion of the Order of the Garter (LG) in 1995.[2] Despite receiving her own arms, Thatcher sometimes used the Royal Arms instead of her own, contrary to protocol.[3]
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Commonwealth honours
editCountry | Date | Appointment | Post-nominal letters |
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United Kingdom | 1970 – 8 April 2013 | Member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council | PC |
Commonwealth realms | 7 December 1990 – 8 April 2013 | Member of the Order of Merit | OM[5] |
United Kingdom | 1 July 1991 – 8 April 2013 | Dame of Justice of the Order of St John | D.StJ[6] |
United Kingdom | 25 April 1995 – 8 April 2013 | Lady Companion of the Order of the Garter | LG[7] |
Foreign honours
editCountry | Date | Appointment | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 7 March 1991 | Presidential Medal of Freedom | [8] |
South Africa | 15 May 1991 | Grand Cross of the Order of Good Hope | [9] |
Japan | 24 May 1995 | Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown | [10] |
Croatia | 15 September 1998 | Grand Order of King Dimitar Zvonimir | [11] |
United States | 28 October 1998 | Ronald Reagan Freedom Award | [12] |
Czech Republic | 17 November 1999 | Order of the White Lion, First Class | [13] |
Kazakhstan | 31 August 2001 | Order of Friendship, First Class | [14] |
House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies | 14 November 2003 | Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Francis I Awarded on behalf of the Catholic Church by the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies | [15] |
Lithuania | 16 February 2008 | Grand Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great | [16][17] |
Other distinctions
editScholastic
editLocation | Date | School | Degree |
---|---|---|---|
England | 1947 | Somerville College, Oxford | Second-Class Honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Chemistry |
Location | Date | School | Position |
---|---|---|---|
England | 1970 – 8 April 2013 | Somerville College, Oxford | Honorary Fellow[18] |
Virginia | 1993–2000 | College of William and Mary | Chancellor[19] |
Location | Date | School | Degree | Gave Commencement Address |
---|---|---|---|---|
District of Columbia | 27 February 1981 | Georgetown University | Doctor of Laws (LL.D)[20] | |
England | 1986 | University of Buckingham | Doctor of Laws (LL.D)[21] | |
Israel | 17 November 1992 | Weizmann Institute of Science | Doctorate[22] | |
Utah | 5 March 1996 | Brigham Young University | Doctor of Public Service (DPS)[23] | |
Virginia | 2000 | College of William and Mary | Doctor of Laws (LL.D)[24] | |
California | 2008 | Pepperdine University | Doctorate[25] |
Memberships and fellowships
editLocation | Date | Organisation | Position |
---|---|---|---|
United Kingdom | 1975 – 8 April 2013 | Carlton Club | Honorary Member |
United Kingdom | 24 October 1979 – 15 May 1980 | Royal Institute of Chemistry | Honorary Fellow (Hon FRIC)[26] |
United Kingdom | 15 May 1980 – 8 April 2013 | Royal Society of Chemistry | Honorary Fellow (Hon FRSC) |
United Kingdom | 1 July 1983 – 8 April 2013 | Royal Society | Fellow (FRS)[27] |
England | 9 November 1983 – 8 April 2013 | Gray's Inn | Honorary Bencher[28] |
Ontario | 18 June 1988 – 8 April 2013 | Law Society of Upper Canada | Honorary Bencher[29] |
United States | 2006 – 8 April 2013 | The Heritage Foundation | Patron |
Freedom of the City
editAwards
editLocation | Date | Organisation | Award |
---|---|---|---|
Virginia | 28 February 1981 | OSS Society | William J. Donovan Award [38] |
California | 27 October 1998 | Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation | Ronald Reagan Freedom Award [39] |
Places and other things named after Thatcher
editPlaces
edit- Armenia (Gyumri): Margaret Thatcher Street.[40]
- Australia (Waroona): Thatcher Street.[citation needed]
- Falkland Islands (Stanley), Thatcher Drive.[41]
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Thatcher Peninsula.[42]
- Spain:
- United Kingdom:
- Grantham: Roberts Hall in Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School.[citation needed]
- Kidderminster: Margaret Thatcher House (Regional Conservative Party Headquarters).[citation needed]
- Somerville College, Oxford: Margaret Thatcher Centre.[45][46]
- Chelsea: Margaret Thatcher Infirmary.
- Chelsea: Maggie's Club.
- West Drayton: Thatcher Close.[citation needed]
- United States (Washington, D.C.): Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at The Heritage Foundation.[47]
Other things
edit- Falkland Islands: Margaret Thatcher Day.[41]
- United Kingdom: Thatcherism.
- The orchid Dendrobium Margaret Thatcher.[48]
References
edit- ^ "No. 52978". The London Gazette. 26 June 1992. p. 11045.
- ^ "No. 54017". The London Gazette. 25 April 1995. p. 6023.
- ^ Summers, Michael; Streeter, Ben (24 March 1997). "The strange case of Lady Thatcher and Her Majesty's coat of arms". The Independent. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- ^ Hardman, Robert. "His and Her coats of arms for a baronet and his Lady". The Electronic Telegraph. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
- ^ "No. 52360". The London Gazette. 11 December 1990. p. 19066.
- ^ "No. 52590". The London Gazette. 1 July 1991. p. 10029.
- ^ "No. 54017". The London Gazette. 25 April 1995. p. 6023.
- ^ "Speech receiving Presidential Medal of Freedom". Margaret Thatcher Foundation. 7 March 1991. Retrieved 20 July 2017.
- ^ "Speech on receiving the Order of Good Hope from President De Klerk". Margaret Thatcher Foundation. 15 May 1991. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
- ^ "Photo receiving Order of the Precious Crown". Getty Images. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- ^ "122 18.9.1998 Odluka o odlikovanju bivše predsjednice Vlade Ujedinjene Kraljevine Velike Britanije i Sjeverne Irske i članice Gornjeg doma Parlamenta Velike Britanije, barunice Margaret Thatcher Veleredom kralja Dmitra Zvonimira s lentom i Danic" (in Croatian).
- ^ Youtube n° 0C7j8jw95y0 Ronald Reagan Freedom Award
- ^ Speech receiving the Order of the White Lion in Prague
- ^ Peter Harrington
- ^ "Highest Catholic honour for thatcher". The Independent (Ireland). Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- ^ Archive
- ^ VLE
- ^ "Margaret Thatcher 1925–2013". University of Oxford. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ "Post-Colonial Era Chancellors". College of William and Mary. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ "Margaret Thatcher receives honorary doctorate from Georgetown University". United Press International. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ "Honorary Graduates 1978–2000". University of Buckingham. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ "Margaret Thatcher and the Jewish community". The Jewish Chronicle. 8 April 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ "Margaret Thatcher has BYU ties". The Daily Universe. Brigham Young University. 8 April 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ "Honorary degree recipients". Scdbwiki.swem.wm.edu. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ "Lady Margaret Thatcher Receives Honorary Doctorate from Pepperdine University". Business Wire. 14 November 2008. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ "Speech to the Chemical Society and the Royal Institute of Chemistry (honorary fellowship)". Margaret Thatcher Foundation. 24 October 1979. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
- ^ "Cream of the crop at Royal Society". New Scientist. Vol. 99, no. 1365. 7 July 1983. p. 5.
- ^ "Historical List of Honorary Benchers since 1883" (PDF). graysinn.org.uk. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ^ "Speech on being elected an Honorary Bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada". Margaret Thatcher Foundation. 18 June 1988. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ^ "Speech receiving Freedom of the Borough of Barnet". Margaret Thatcher Foundation. 6 February 1980. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ^ "Margaret Thatcher recieves [sic] the freedom of the London Borough of Barnet, 7th February 1980". agefotostock. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
- ^ "Speech in Port Stanley (Falklands)". Margaret Thatcher Foundation. 10 January 1983. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ "Speech at Mansion House (receiving freedom of the City)". Margaret Thatcher Foundation. 26 May 1989. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ "Speech receiving Freedom of City of Westminster". Margaret Thatcher Foundation. 12 December 1990. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ "Speech in Zagreb". Margaret Thatcher Foundation. 16 September 1998. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
- ^ "Honorary citizenship of the city". City of Zagreb. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
- ^ "Baltic port honors Thatcher and Reagan". Deseret News. 26 August 2000. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- ^ "Office of Strategic Services Society". osssociety.org. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ "The Ronald Reagan Freedom Award". reaganfoundation.org. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ Google (31 March 2022). "Margaret Thatcher Street" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Falkland Islands day of mourning for Baroness Thatcher". BBC News. 10 April 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
Margaret Thatcher Day is celebrated every 10 January on the islands and a street is named Thatcher Drive after her in the capital Port Stanley.
- ^ "Peninsula on South Georgia to be named after Margaret Thatcher". The Times. London. 15 June 1991.
- ^ "Madrid names school after Margaret Thatcher". Thelocal.es. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- ^ Murado, Miguel-Anxo (17 September 2014). "Madrid's Plaza Margaret Thatcher is a curious landmark for curious times". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ "Somerville College". Conference Oxford. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- ^ "New Said building named after Baroness Thatcher". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
- ^ Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana (13 September 2006). "Honoring the Iron Lady". The Washington Times. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
- ^ "Margaret Thatcher's namesakes: five unlikely things named after the Iron Lady". The Daily Telegraph. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
The orchid - Dendrobium Margaret Thatcher. This hybrid orchid was named after Margaret Thatcher during a visit to the Singapore Botanic Gardens.