List of honours of Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher received numerous honours in recognition of her career in politics. These included a peerage, membership of the Order of the Garter, the Order of Saint John and the Order of Merit, along with numerous other British and foreign honours. These included the Order of King Abdulaziz from Saudi Arabia in 1990. She was also honoured in Kuwait in 1991.

Life peerage

Margaret Thatcher was given a life peerage on her standing down from the House of Commons at the 1992 general election. This allowed her a seat in the House of Lords. She took the title Baroness Thatcher, of Kesteven in the County of Lincolnshire. She sat with the Conservative Party benches.

Coat of arms

As a member of the House of Lords with a life peerage, Thatcher was entitled to use a personal coat of arms. A second coat of arms was created following her appointment as Lady Companion of the Order of the Garter (LG) in 1995. Despite receiving her own arms, Thatcher sometimes used the Royal Arms instead of her own, contrary to protocol.

Commonwealth honours

Foreign honours

Other distinctions

Scholastic

Memberships and fellowships

Freedom of the City

• 6 February 1980: Barnet
• 10 January 1983: Falkland Islands
• 26 May 1989: London
• 12 December 1990: Westminster
• 16 September 1998: Zagreb
• 11 November 2000: Gdańsk

Awards

Places and other things named after Thatcher

Places

•  Armenia (Gyumri): Margaret Thatcher Street.
•  Australia (Waroona): Thatcher Street.
•  Falkland Islands (Stanley), Thatcher Drive.
•  South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Thatcher Peninsula.
•  Spain:
  • Madrid: Margaret Thatcher Public School.
  • Madrid: Plaza Margaret Thatcher.
•  United Kingdom:
  • Grantham: Roberts Hall in Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School.
  • Kidderminster: Margaret Thatcher House (Regional Conservative Party Headquarters).
  • Somerville College, Oxford: Margaret Thatcher Centre.
  • Chelsea: Margaret Thatcher Infirmary.
  • Chelsea: Maggie's Club.
  • West Drayton: Thatcher Close.
•  United States (Washington, D.C.): Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at The Heritage Foundation.

Other things

•  Falkland Islands: Margaret Thatcher Day.
•  United Kingdom: Thatcherism.
• The orchid Dendrobium Margaret Thatcher.

References

1. Death and funeral of Margaret Thatcher
2. Margaret Thatcher
3. Premiership of Margaret Thatcher
4. Cultural depictions of Margaret Thatcher
5. Mark Thatcher
6. Thatcher baronets
7. Hilary Mantel
8. Denis Thatcher
9. Thatcherism
10. Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom
11. Electoral history of Margaret Thatcher
12. Charles Powell, Baron Powell of Bayswater
13. List of people who have declined a British honour
14. The Iron Lady (film)
15. Bernard Ingham
16. Shadow Cabinet of Margaret Thatcher
17. 1983 Dissolution Honours
18. Keith Joseph
19. Nicholas Eden, 2nd Earl of Avon
20. The Downing Street Years