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1. • • Former Conservative chancellor Geoffrey Howe has died at the age of 88 after suffering a suspected heart attack, his family has announced. Lord Howe, Margaret Thatcher's longest serving cabinet minister and chancellor from 1979 to 1983, died on Friday.
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   Why did Lord Geoffrey Howe die?

   • Former Chancellor Lord Geoffrey Howe has died after suffering a suspected heart attack, his family has announced. His resignation speech in 1990 is widely seen as a central factor in Lady Thatcher's downfall as prime minister.

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   Why did Geoffrey Howe resign?

   • Geoffrey Howe retired from the Commons in 1992 and was given a life peerage taking the title Baron Howe of Aberavon. Ever closer union? The UK's deputy Prime Minister, Sir Geoffrey Howe, has resigned after disagreements over the government's Europe policy.

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   Who was Geoffrey Howe?

   • Geoffrey Howe proved himself to be a consummate politician, and a reforming chancellor. Yet in the end, he will probably be best remembered for the part he played, albeit reluctantly, in the toppling of Margaret Thatcher. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.

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   Was Geoffrey Howe a good Chancellor?

   • Geoffrey Howe had good reason to believe himself the most successful Chancellor of the Exchequer since the Second World War. Quiet in manner and invariably courteous, he was often thought to be no more than an advocate for policies determined by Margaret Thatcher in No 10. Their relationship was, in fact, a good deal more complex.

   Geoffrey Howe: One of the architects of the Thatcher revolution who

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   Why did Lord Howe resign?

   • Denis Healey once famously said that being attacked by him was like being "savaged by a dead sheep". Yet Lord Howe proved devastating when he rose to make his resignation speech in the Commons after he quit the cabinet in protest at the then prime minister's approach to Europe and diplomacy.

   Geoffrey Howe, former Conservative chancellor, dies aged 88

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   Will Lord Howe's funeral be followed by a memorial service?

   • A statement from Lord Howe's family said a private family funeral, followed by a memorial service, would take place in due course. Former chancellor Geoffrey Howe, a key figure in Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government in the 1980s, dies after a suspected heart attack.

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Geoffrey_HoweGeoffrey Howe - Wikipedia

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   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 politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1989 to 1990.

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   Oct 10, 2015 · Defeated. Howe won the safe Conservative seat of Reigate in 1970 as the party returned to power under Edward Heath. He was knighted the same year and Heath appointed him solicitor general. He was...

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   Oct 10, 2015 · Lord Howe, the former Conservative chancellor whose quiet demeanour disguised an ability to drive revolutionary political reforms, has died after a suspected heart attack at the age of 88....

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   Oct 10, 2015 · Former Chancellor Lord Geoffrey Howe has died after suffering a suspected heart attack - watch extracts of his 1990 resignation speech, widely seen as pivotal in the downfall of the...

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   Oct 11, 2015 · From the outset he was one of those pushing for privatisation, most notably of British Airways, and he was something of a hawk on union law reform. He was asked to take charge of...

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    The UK's deputy Prime Minister, Sir Geoffrey Howe, has resigned. He informed the Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of his decision at around 1800 on Thursday. Sir Geoffrey said the reasons...