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From: The Rt. Hon . Lord Renton, QC.

TELEPHONE 01 - 405

N9 1393 1394

9th October,

1979.

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members

of

ruled

country

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youngest Prime

was

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Addington Next in

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Chancellor

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see

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remarkable

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stren:rt:.

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only

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1916.

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and

offices

came

Commons

the Pt

Pitt,

Treasurer

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came

and

years

3.

Minister

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won

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the first

Smith

of

orat;,r

increased

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by

House

when

ever knew.

the and

as London

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combined

Exchequer

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the

power

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budgets.

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is to Addington a-,

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here

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influenced

re

all

the world

that

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national

the

MelbO'

started

of

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only Ord

was

wa

Chancellor

in

of

a s a world

empire

to know

who

than

10 predecessors

job for 21 years.

Minister,

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more

to greatness

you

with

and distinction

greatest

to introduce

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11 of them,

Society:

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the

so.

of the

did the

the first

Prime

as we rose

Prime

than

advantage

put together !

Minister,

of this

Lord

it encourages

to

id s. Narg_,ret of the Treasury.

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the heart

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of

grateful

Hon.

the

this

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the

Rt.

have ,

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and became

the

and

Ministe rsJ and no fewer

her,

our

honoured

and First

49 Prime

including

and

you ,,

country

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your

Hail

nhain,

we celebrate Lord is

25Lord no

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limit

of

Chief

Justice,

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not her

laconic

name

benchers

for

degree

she became Election

father

she was well

practising inn

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I

a lady

of

as

of

ever ;;1,ay.

later

Prime

Lard

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not

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and

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the Treasur

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Lord

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,

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became

Chambers Lawton

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us

all

settled

down

to

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in the

now Treasurer

in

a pupil .

of

a bit

of

luc'.

becom

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an

tom-

answer!

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her

to

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certainly

me when I

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to

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of Sir Gerald She

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thirty

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she

la ;; chambers , er

looked s ponsored

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be

to be ;admitted

rorosing ^,C'

f' ?7

then

one

than;

s

the

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to

of

common

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and 1 were

;y.

L

was

saw me at

,er•son

occur

my

which

t_

Soc.,

country

palm

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there

and

a pro-•e-

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and

a

General

in she

ca

had

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and where

con.-ir_v to the the

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the

_ailsham

:.Lich

present!

in the 1G=_

born

Minister,

he

7.

I would

to

in

was, came

and

It

in

Pri-.ate Secretary,

est tiro -_ __ndidate

certifyin

this

Hall.

ini

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to him."

appear

ster

.

and

famous

only

to

respectability

goes

solicitor

me about

myself

candour

he is the only

then

question

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senior

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was known,

some of our

en entually

and

where

result

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to observe

doctor

Iis name and

Telegraph,

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Lord

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for =pan of the Match

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that is

the Vice-Chancellor.

for its dignity,

in polit,_cs,

a

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for it is

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Oxford

she

, and asked

a student

her

as

and

the

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;e

chemistry

as

chambers

join

to

the

at Dartford , where

Roberts

law

in

will

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Lord

this

.ade famous.

Minister's

the you .

practised

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common

in

interested

had

over

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for

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has

which

the

uintir

all the others:

f;-lter

hush,

delighted

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and before

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is

only

est.

Denis

who is here

- but,

are

of the rolls

Denis

is

Thatcher

a science

our

conspicuous

a reason

M.P.

Mrs.

and did

of

is the Prime

Ian Gow,

and

olden)

campaign

guest

painter,

here

one

and my vote

portrait

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our

than

Mr.

a campaign

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c:}t,

that-she

wrote

humour,

toni

present

welcome

Johnson

you

as

, more

our

election

he fought

us

the Faster

maiden

the last

5.

with

Chancellor

he

Frank

with

to

have

y she

I ai •ryer

Until

,she •

gave

one

birth

of

the

jolly

with

to

best

twins.

This

brains

ever

lucky

the-

were

that

have

wired

the

floor

her opponents

when

deprived

to

the

demr,lis'__,

she

rave

with

she was

bar

Finance

up

them

tax

of Act

-

practice:

all,

shadow

just as she did

C encellor

of the

Exchequer.

8.

From

Education Prime

1970

to 1974

- the only

Minister, in

do she

had yet

rapidly

1975

and

forcibly

Cabinet

which

Leader

she

she was Secretary

is

that

world

peace,

Since

then

When

like

caught

that

Russian

and wherever

travelled

she goes

before

for becoming

we elected

Younger

Pitt

her

as

had

to

reputation,

but she

up and a few months

and in the Kremlin she has

the

an international

effectively out

she held

unusual.

knew

to gain

pointed

post

of State

armed

they

strength

called

her

later

threatened "The Iron Lady."

tremendously

at home

attention

and respect,

compels

and abroad, except

from

extremists.

9.

when

she

became

Prime

started

to do the things

to

N:-re

do .

for lame reduced

ducks . -

Bar .'

So

10.

and

was

that

peo

because

established

11. must

the

But

greatly

a woman.

as

her the

No more

Direct

the

integrity,

taxes

moanin;T

at

the

Commission.

.,,heter her party I can assure

own. merits.

Leader

.

of

But

and promised

defence.

increased

of the Royal

immediately

threatened

for

came

she was

on her

had

and

reduce

wondered

Govern ment

Her

courage

chose you,

her that she ..2r

principles,

and

stong

we wanted.

She

owes

woman

Minister,

character

nothing

lrb.

as she

cause

first

police

_e have

her

wo: en's

the

the Report

skill,

, the

they

ould

sh

entirely

chosen

parliamentary to

for

V.A.T.

should

Some

mainly

money

'Minister

the

man

women 's brains

is our first

spirit

of

in hi-h were

largely

by observing

Latin.

Her

name of

SL_-

Thomas

Prime rio-e

to

rejoice

places

in this

country

at least

as good

as men' s.

how, well course

was

one of his i^a_xga

her

success

for

he

to establish He did so

daughters

did at

was

that

Sir rade

Thomas

a saint

;':ore

but

I believe

he was also

glorious

merit

onl

one

so far but

f ioe

r s crossed!

X13. and 14.

was

of being

Conferences

8th October, 1979

the only

only Saint

a aen:_ber of Lincoln's

several

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the

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to the The

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after

the Party

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