• College, Oxford. Thorpe's first book, The Uncrowned Prime Ministers (1980), examined the careers of Austen Chamberlain, Lord Curzon and R. A. Butler, three...
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    Macmillan was expelled from Eton for homosexuality. Macmillan's biographer D. R. Thorpe is of the view that he was removed by his mother when she discovered...
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    1990. Anthony Nutting (1967) No End of a Lesson D. R. Thorpe (2003) Eden.[page needed] Thorpe, D. R. (1 November 2006). "What we failed to learn from...
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  • 1986 and 1989 D. R. Thorpe (1943–2023), British historian and biographer Drew Thorpe (born 2000), American baseball player Ethel L. M. Thorpe (1908–2001)...
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    daughter, Sarah, although the 2010 biography of Harold Macmillan by D. R. Thorpe discounts Boothby's paternity. This connection to Macmillan, via his...
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    He retained Dunglass as his PPS, a role described by the biographer D. R. Thorpe as "the right-hand man ... the eyes and ears of Neville Chamberlain"...
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  • 133. D R Thorpe. Eden: The Life and Times of Anthony Eden, First Earl of Avon, 1897-1977. Chatto & Windus. 2003. Pages xii, 443, 498, 522. D R Thorpe. Supermac:...
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  • Who's Out. The Journals of Kenneth Rose. Vol. 1, 1944–1979. Edited by D. R. Thorpe (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London 2018) ISBN 978-1-47-460154-2 Who Wins...
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    Prime Minister, he retained his youthful good looks. His biographer D. R. Thorpe, who likened the young Eden to a mixture of Sir Galahad (Eden won the...
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    Profile: Lord Butler of Brockwell Salt Talk issue 9 (2011) p6 "The Master" D. R. Thorpe (2011) "Supermac – the Life of Harold MacMillan" Random House, ISBN 1844135411...
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    general strike). Thorpe 1989, p. 35. Thorpe 1989, pp. 38–40. Thorpe 1989, pp. 56–7. Thorpe 1989, pp. 36–7. Thorpe 1989, p. 36. Thorpe, D. R. "Lloyd, (John)...
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  • and Oscar winner, attended in her sixth year. Hugh Stewart, academic. D. R. Thorpe, historian and biographer. Michael Tippett, composer. Ruthven Todd, Scottish...
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    know … Macleod was a Highlander!" Others (e.g. Macmillan's biographer D. R. Thorpe) have suggested that Macleod actually did express a tactical preference...
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    "stirring up Anthony when he didn't need it". However, Eden's biographer D. R. Thorpe concluded that such imputations arose from a misreading of the Edens'...
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    James Francis Thorpe (Meskwaki: Wa-Tho-Huk, translated as "Bright Path"; May 22 or 28, 1887 – March 28, 1953) was an American athlete and Olympic gold...
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  • Philosophy (with Peter Guthrie Tate) Alice Thompson (living), novelist D. R. Thorpe (b. 1943), biographer Margaret Todd (c. 1859–1918), novelist, biographer...
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    Generation and the Shakespearean stage. Tom Sykes, World Superbike Champion. D. R. Thorpe, political biographer. Sally Wainwright, English television writer, producer...
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  • Our Fame Be Great: Journeys among the defiant people of the Caucasus D. R. Thorpe Supermac: The Life of Harold Macmillan Helen Dunmore The Betrayal 2012...
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    Richard Dimbleby has since received comment for its poignancy. Historian DR. Thorpe considered that the funeral helped spark the mass purchase of television...
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    want to support a Conservative minority government. Douglas-Home told D. R. Thorpe that the most important reason for the Conservative loss was Iain Macleod's...
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    "Court Circular". The Times. No. 36985. London. 23 January 1903. p. 4. D. R. Thorpe (2003) Eden Letters of George Wyndham, 1877–1913 (1915) Guy Percy Wyndham...
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  • shell explosion. Kenneth D. Scott, 92, American politician, member of the Iowa Senate (1973–1977, 1987–1991). D. R. Thorpe, 79, British historian and...
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  • Times. Retrieved 2 January 2018. Horne, Macmillan, vol. II, p. 454. D. R. Thorpe, 'A Psychologically Interesting Prime Minister', Premiere of Never So...
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    The second phase, including 40 en-suite bedrooms forming staircases Q and R and a new Junior Combination Room (JCR) at a cost of £2.5 million, was completed...
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  • William Richard Thorpe AM (29 March 1946 – 28 February 2007) was an English-born Australian singer-songwriter, and record producer. As lead singer of his...
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    Donald Acheson), 1998 Letter to Daily Telegraph, 23 March 1962, quoted in D. R. Thorpe (2010) Supermac: The Life of Harold Macmillan.[page needed] "What is...
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  • rebounded to Macmillan's advantage, becoming an integral part of his image. D. R. Thorpe's biography of Macmillan (2010) was entitled Supermac: The Life of Harold...
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  • mannequins 1945 - 1965. Daniel Filipacchi. p. 109. ISBN 9782850183416. D. R. Thorpe (3 March 1999). "Obituary: Sir Anthony Nutting Bt". The Independent....
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  • Zeitgeschichte, Volume 38, 2010 p.47 Thorpe, D.R. Supermac The Life of Harold Macmillan, New York: Random House, 2010 page 220 Thorpe, D.R. Supermac The Life of Harold...
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