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Did Mark Thatcher have business in South Africa?
A security alarm business he ran in the United States failed and in 1996 he was prosecuted for tax evasion, at which point he moved to Constantia, South Africa, with his wife and their two children. In 1998 South African authorities investigated a company owned by Thatcher for allegedly running loan shark operations.
Where did Margaret Thatcher go to college?
City Law School1952–1954
Somerville College1943–1947Kesteven and Grantham Girls’ School1936–1943
Margaret Thatcher/Education
What was Theresa May’s degree?
St Hugh’s College1974–1977
Wheatley Park School
Theresa May/Education
Who is Mark Thatcher wife?
Sarah Russellm. 2008
Diane Burgdorfm. 1987–2005
Mark Thatcher/Wife
How did Denis Thatcher become a wealthy man?
Thatcher was already a wealthy man when he met Margaret and financed her training as a barrister, and a home in Chelsea, London; he also bought a large house in Lamberhurst, Kent, in 1965. His firm employed 200 people by 1957. Thatcher became managing director of his family’s firm Atlas in 1947 and chairman in 1951, and led its overseas expansion.
When did Denis Thatcher become chairman of Atlas?
In 1947, Denis Thatcher became the managing director of his family’s firm, Atlas. He was made the chairman in 1951. By the early 1960s, he was finding the sole control of the family company difficult, so he eventually sold Atlas to Castrol for 530,000 pounds in 1965.
What kind of cancer did Denis Thatcher have?
Margaret Thatcher at Denis’s funeral in 2003. In January 2003, Denis was admitted to the hospital after complaining of shortness of breath; he received heart bypass surgery. Six months later, he wasn’t feeling well and went back to the hospital, where doctors discovered he had terminal pancreatic cancer (in 1992 he had beat prostate cancer).
When did Denis Thatcher retire from the Army?
Because of army commitments, Thatcher was unable to attend the funeral. He remained in the Territorial Army reserve of officers until reaching the age limit for service on 10 May 1965, when he retired, retaining the honorary rank of major.