Historical Figure
Denis Thatcher
1915–2003
English businessman (1915–2003)
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Biography
Sir Denis Thatcher, 1st Baronet, was an English businessman and the husband of Margaret Thatcher, who served as the first female British prime minister from 1979 to 1990; thus, he became the first male prime ministerial spouse.
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Joined the Territorial Army after the Munich Crisis. Served in WWII from the Normandy landings through to the liberation of Bergen-Belsen. Mentioned in dispatches twice.
Married Margaret Roberts, a 26-year-old chemist and aspiring politician. He funded her legal studies and early political campaigns. She was 11 years his junior.
Became the first male spouse of a British prime minister when Margaret won the general election. He stood behind her for 11 years, rarely speaking publicly.
Died at 87. He'd been given a baronetcy in 1990, the last non-royal hereditary title ever created in Britain.
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