Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

(George Edward) Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft NPG 6061

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Theodore Ramos

Elected as a Conservative MP in 1938, Thorneycroft became President of the Board of Trade in 1951, and was the youngest member of Winston Churchill's cabinet. He became Chancellor of the Exchequer in Harold Macmillan's government in 1957, and was Minister of Defence (1962-64). Thorneycroft was in favour of government cuts to control inflation, but this was unpopular, and he resigned the next year. Returning to cabinet in 1960, he held several posts in government and opposition, before losing his seat in the... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.