Background
Thorneycroft, Peter Baron was born on July 26, 1909. Son of George Edward Mervyn and Dorothy Hope Thorneycroft.
Thorneycroft, Peter Baron was born on July 26, 1909. Son of George Edward Mervyn and Dorothy Hope Thorneycroft.
Student, Eton; Student, Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
Commissioned Royal Artillery, 1930, resigned commission, 1933. Private practice Birmingham, Stafford, 1938—1945, Monmouth, 1945—1966. Parliamentary secretary Ministry War Transport, 1945.
President Board Trade, 1951—1957. Chancellor of Exchequer, 1957—1958. Resigned; minister, aviation, 1960—1962.
Minister, defense, 1962—1964. Secretary, State for Defense, 1964. Chairman Pye of Cambridge Ltd., 1967—1969, BOTB, 1972—1974, Conservative Party, 1975—1981, British Reserve Insurance Company Ltd., 1980—1987, Gil, Carvajal & Partners Ltd., since 1981, Cinzano United Kingdom Ltd., 1982—1985.
President Forte PLC, 1969—1981. President Pirellis General Cable Works Ltd., Pirelli Ltd. Exhibitions, Trafford Gallery, 1961, 70.
Member of Royal Society British Artists.
Married Sheila Wells Page, 1938 (divorced 1949). 1 child; Married Carla Roberti, 1949.