Peter Thorneycroft
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George Edward Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft, was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer between 1957 and 1958.
by Walter Stoneman, 1948
Enoch Powell
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John Enoch Powell was a British politician, scholar, soldier and writer. He was Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton South West for the Conservative Party from 1950 to February 1974 and the MP for S
Peter Thorneycroft
…as Chancellor of the Exchequer, one of the most senior positions in the government. He resigned in 1958, along with two junior Treasury Ministers, Enoch Powell and Nigel Birch, because of increased government expenditure. Macmillan, himself a former chancellor, made a famous and much-quoted remark that the…
Portrait by Allan Warren, 1987
Powell debating on the television discussion programme After Dark in 1987 (more here)
Portrait of Enoch Powell by Allan Warren in 1987
Powell's grave at Warwick Cemetery in Warwick, Warwickshire