Abstract is: Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale, PC (17 February 1929 – 4 March 1993), was a British Conservative Party politician and government minister. As President of the Selsdon Group, a free-market lobby within the Conservative Party, he was closely aligned with Margaret Thatcher, and became one of her Ministers of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1979. Responsible for the Falkland Islands, he tried to resolve the long-running sovereignty issue with Argentina, which detected Britain's reluctance to defend the territory, and later invaded it. As Secretary of State for Transport, Ridley performed a key function in building up coal stocks in advance of the 1984–85 miners' strike, which helped the government to defeat the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM). As Secretary of State for the Environment, Ridley opposed a low-cost housing development near his own property, earning him the title of "NIMBY" ("Not in My Back Yard"). He was also responsible for introducing the "poll tax" (formally known as the Community Charge), which was one of the main factors leading to Thatcher's resignation in 1990. He was created a life peer in 1992.
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P3602 | candidacy in election | February 1974 United Kingdom general election | Q119524 |
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P509 | cause of death | lung cancer | Q47912 |
P40 | child | Susanna Ridley | Q75357586 |
Jessica Clayre Ridley | Q75357587 | ||
Jane Ridley | Q16185549 | ||
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P1889 | different from | Nicholas Ridley | Q741030 |
P69 | educated at | Eton College | Q192088 |
Balliol College | Q805285 | ||
West Downs School | Q7984990 | ||
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Ridley | Q37512000 | ||
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P22 | father | Matthew White Ridley, 3rd Viscount Ridley | Q6791422 |
P735 | given name | Nicholas | Q42771 |
Nicholas | Q42771 | ||
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P102 | member of political party | Conservative Party | Q9626 |
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P25 | mother | Ursula Lutyens | Q75357571 |
P1559 | name in native language | Nicholas Ridley | |
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P39 | position held | Secretary of State for Transport | Q3246797 |
member of the 49th Parliament of the United Kingdom | Q41582621 | ||
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member of the House of Lords | Q18952564 | ||
Member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom | Q28841847 | ||
member of the 42nd Parliament of the United Kingdom | Q41582606 | ||
member of the 43rd Parliament of the United Kingdom | Q41582608 | ||
member of the 44th Parliament of the United Kingdom | Q41582609 | ||
member of the 45th Parliament of the United Kingdom | Q41582612 | ||
member of the 46th Parliament of the United Kingdom | Q41582615 | ||
member of the 47th Parliament of the United Kingdom | Q41582617 | ||
member of the 48th Parliament of the United Kingdom | Q41582619 | ||
P1038 | relative | Elisabeth Lutyens | Q451307 |
Mary Lutyens | Q6780183 | ||
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P26 | spouse | Clayre Campbell | Q75274383 |
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FileName: Ridley of Liddesdale Achievement.png
Description: Shield of arms of The Lord Ridley of Liddesdale
Artist: Robin S. Taylor
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