Geoffrey Howe
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The Right Honourable The Lord Howe of Aberavon CH PC QC |
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| Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | |
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In office 24 July 1989 – 1 November 1990 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | The Viscount Whitelaw |
| Succeeded by | Michael Heseltine |
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Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council |
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In office 24 July 1989 – 1 November 1990 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | John Wakeham |
| Succeeded by | John MacGregor |
| Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | |
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In office 11 June 1983 – 24 July 1989 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Francis Pym |
| Succeeded by | John Major |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
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In office 4 May 1979 – 11 June 1983 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Denis Healey |
| Succeeded by | Nigel Lawson |
| Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
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In office 18 February 1975 – 4 May 1979 |
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| Leader | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Robert Carr |
| Succeeded by | Denis Healey |
| Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Services | |
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In office 11 March 1974 – 18 February 1975 |
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| Leader | Edward Heath |
| Preceded by | Keith Joseph |
| Succeeded by | Norman Fowler |
| Minister of State for Trade and Consumer Affairs | |
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In office 5 November 1972 – 4 March 1974 |
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| Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
| Preceded by | Michael Noble |
| Solicitor General for England and Wales | |
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In office 23 June 1970 – 5 November 1972 |
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| Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
| Preceded by | Arthur Irvine |
| Succeeded by | Michael Havers |
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Member of Parliament for East Surrey |
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In office 28 February 1974 – 9 April 1992 |
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| Preceded by | William Clark |
| Succeeded by | Peter Ainsworth |
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Member of Parliament for Reigate |
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In office 18 June 1970 – 28 February 1974 |
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| Preceded by | John Vaughan-Morgan |
| Succeeded by | George Gardiner |
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Member of Parliament for Bebington |
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In office 15 October 1964 – 31 March 1966 |
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| Preceded by | Hendrie Oakshott |
| Succeeded by | Edwin Brooks |
| Personal details | |
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Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe 20 December 1926 Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales, UK |
| Died | 9 October 2015 (aged 88) Idlicote, Warwickshire, England, UK |
| Cause of death | Heart attack |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Elspeth Shand (m.1953–2015, his death) |
| Children | Caroline Amanda Alec |
| Alma mater | Trinity Hall, Cambridge |
| Profession | Barrister |
| Religion | Anglican |
| a. ^ Office vacant from 10 January 1988 to 24 July 1989. b. ^ Office vacant from 1 November 1990 to 20 July 1995. | |
Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon, CH, PC, QC (20 December 1926 – 9 October 2015), known from 1970 to 1992 as Sir Geoffrey Howe, was a British Conservative politician.
Howe was Margaret Thatcher's longest-serving Cabinet minister, successively holding the posts of Chancellor of the Exchequer, Foreign Secretary, and finally Leader of the House of Commons, Deputy Prime Minister and Lord President of the Council. His resignation on 1 November 1990 is widely considered by the British press to have precipitated Thatcher's own resignation three weeks later.
Geoffrey Howe was born in 1926 at Port Talbot, Wales, to Benjamin Edward Howe, a solicitor and coroner, and Eliza Florence (née Thomson) Howe. He was to describe himself as a quarter Scottish, a quarter Cornish and half Welsh.
He was educated at three independent schools: at Bridgend Preparatory School in Bryntirion, followed by Abberley Hall School in Worcestershire and by winning an exhibition to Winchester College in Hampshire. Howe was not sporty, joining instead the debating society. It was during wartime, so he ran the Home Guard at the school, and set a National Savings group. He was also a keen photographer, and film buff. A gifted classicist, Howe was offered an exhibition to Trinity Hall in 1945, but first decided to join the army. He did a six months course in maths and physics. Then he did National Service as a lieutenant with the Royal Corps of Signals in East Africa, by his own account giving political lectures in Swahili about how Africans should avoid communism and remain loyal to "Bwana Kingy George"; and also climbed Mount Kilimanjaro.
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