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1943 - Born in Carshalton

1959 - Left School

1968 - Elected as Lambeth Borough Councillor

1974 - Contested St Pancras North constituency in General Election

1976 - Selected as Conservative candidate for Huntingdonshire

1979 - Elected as Member of Parliament for Huntingdonshire

1983 - Re-elected as Member of Parliament for renamed Huntingdon constituency

1985 - Appointed Under Secretary of State for Social Security

1986 - Appointed as Minister of State for Social Security

1987 - Re-elected as Member of Parliament for Huntingdon constituency

1987 - Appointed as Chief Secretary to the Treasury

1989 - Appointed as Foreign Secretary

1989 - Appointed as Chancellor of the Exchequer

1989 - Britain joins the ERM

1990 - Becomes leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister

1999 - Made a Companion of Honour

2001 - Stands down from Parliament

2001 - Appointed as Chairman of the Carlyle Group

2004 - Stood down as Chairman of the Carlyle Group

2005 - Received the Order of the Garter