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Thatcher back in Downing Street frame...at a private reception hosted by the Prime Minister and will go on permanent display in the stateroom's lobby on the first floor of Downing Street. Although photographs of all modern prime ministers line the main staircase in No10, only... In this article: Margaret Thatcher, Downing Street, David Lloyd George, Winston Churchill, and Gordon Brown |
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The Press and Journal | 2 days ago
Thatcher gets pride of place in Downing Street
Former prime minister one of only three 20th-century premiers to have portraits there Thatcher gets pride of place in Downing Street Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah greet Baroness Thatcher at Downing Street for the reception SPITTING...
In this article: Margaret Thatcher, Gordon Brown, 10 Downing Street, Trademark, Kelvin MacKenzie, and John Sergeant
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San Jose Mercury News | 3 days ago
Margaret Thatcher, 84, back at 10 Downing
...standing next to her portrait painted by artist Richard Stone. LONDON - Former British leader Margaret Thatcher returned to London's Downing Street Monday as she unveiled her own portrait, which has been installed in the official residence...
In this article: Margaret Thatcher, Conservative Party, Maurice Saatchi, London, 10 Downing Street, Labour Party, and David Cameron
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Telegraph.co.uk - UK news | 3 days ago
Margaret Thatcher returns to Downing Street
...at a private reception hosted by the Prime Minister and will go on permanent display in the stateroom's lobby on the first floor of Downing Street. The guest list for today's event, drawn up by Lady Thatcher herself, included former members...
In this article: Margaret Thatcher, Gordon Brown, David Cameron, Trademark, John Sergeant, Bernard Ingham, and British Airways
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AP Online | 3 days ago
UK's Thatcher sweeps back to Downing Street
LONDON (AP) - Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is returning to London's Downing Street for good - in the form of a portrait installed at the country's official leader's residence. Thatcher, the British leader from 1979 to...
In this article: Margaret Thatcher, Gordon Brown, UK, London, Conservative Party, David Cameron, David Lloyd George, and Winston Churchill
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Downing Street plan to put transport information at passengers' fingertips
...get bespoke travel information," he said. "But there does need to be quality control to make sure that the information is reliable." A Downing Street spokesman said that the Government believed that this material - as well as a raft of...
In this article: Tim Berners-Lee, Nigel Shadbolt, National Rail Enquiries, Association of Train Operating Companies, World Wide Web, and Iphone
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Downing Street is the street in London, England, which for over two hundred years has contained the official residences of two of the most senior British cabinet ministers: the First Lord of the Treasury, an office held by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and the Second Lord of the Treasury, an office held by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The most famous address in Downing Street is 10 Downing Street, the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury—and thus, in modern times, the residence of the Prime Minister, since the two roles have usually been filled by the same person (exclusively so since 1902). As a result of this, Downing Street or Number 10 is often used as a metonym for the Prime Minister or his or her office, while Number 11 is likewise a term for the Chancellor of the Exchequer or his or her office.
Downing Street is located in Whitehall in central London, a few minutes' walk from the Houses of Parliament and a little further from Buckingham Palace. The street was built in the 1680s by Sir George Downing, 1st Baronet (1632–1689) on the site of a mansion called Hampden House. Downing was a soldier and diplomat who served under Oliver Cromwell and King Charles II. In the service of the King he was rewarded with the plot of land adjoining St James's Park upon which Downing Street now stands. The Prime Minister, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Chief Whip all have official residences in buildings along one side of the street. The houses on the other side were all replaced by the Foreign Office in the nineteenth century.
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