Description: Original signature of Geoffrey Howe, British foreign secretary, on a Christmas card from 1988. Signed in his own hand in fountain pen “Geoffrey and Elspeth Howe”. Official card from Foreign and Commonwealth Office London SW1. The card depicts Chevening House, the Foreign Secretary’s Residence, from a pairing by Sir High Casson CH KCVO PPRA RDI. In very good condition. Few light markings on back and “‘88” in biro, denoting the year. Comes with a compliments slip from The British Embassy HM Ambassador Washington DC. Geoffrey Howe, Margaret Thatcher’s nemesis, dies aged 88 - The Guardian Former chancellor hailed as one of the greats of the Conservative party and a ‘quiet hero’ of the Thatcher D Sat 10 Oct 2015 Geoffrey Howe was heralded as one of the greats of the Conservative party and a “quiet hero” of the Thatcher years, after the former chancellor’s death of a suspected heart attack was announced by his family. The Tory peer, whose devastating resignation speech on leaving the cabinet in 1990 was widely seen as the central factor in forcing Margaret Thatcher from Downing Street, was 88. His family said he passed away on Friday night at his home in Warwickshire after attending a local jazz concert with his wife, Elspeth, a crossbench peer. Howe’s role as both an architect of Thatcher’s political revolution and eventually a key player in her downfall made him a hugely significant figure in British politics throughout the 1970s and 1980s. He served as Thatcher’s chancellor, foreign secretary and, finally, as both leader of the House of Commons and deputy prime minister. Following his resignation from Thatcher’s cabinet and his elevation to the Lords as Baron Howe of Aberavon, he continued to be a major player. In 2013, in one of his final acts in British politics, he electrified the debate on Britain’s role in Europe when he accused David Cameron in an article in the Observer of endangering Britain’s place in the EU by “running scared” of his Eurosceptic backbenchers. On Saturday the prime minister issued a statement commending Howe as a revolutionary, and said he and the chancellor, George Osborne, had “benefited greatly” from his sage advice. Cameron said: “Geoffrey Howe was a kind, gentle and deeply thoughtful man – but at the same time he had huge courage and resolve. His time as chancellor was vital in turning the fortunes of our country around, cutting borrowing, lowering tax rates and conquering inflation. Lifting exchange controls may seem obvious now, but it was revolutionary back then. He was the quiet hero of the first Thatcher government. “He loved his politics and never stopped giving strong and sound advice. George Osborne and I benefited greatly from his wisdom and determination to improve the state of the country. The Conservative family has lost one of its greats.” Osborne tweeted: “I will miss Geoffrey Howe. He was a great source of advice to me; a quietly spoken radical whose … budgets rescued Britain.”
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