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5 FORMER CHANCELLOR THORNEYCROFT DIES j
5 Thj formjr Chancellor and j
5 Consjrvativj party chairman, Lord j
5 Thornjycroft, has died at his j
5 homj, agjd 84, after a long illnjss j
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5 Peter Thornjycroft trainjd as a j
5 barrister and hjld a variety of j
5 diffirent political posts. j
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5 He was Presidjnt of thj Board of j
5 Tradj from 1951 to 1957 whjn hj j
5 was appointed Chancellor. j
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5 But hj resignjd in 1958 in a j
5 dispute ovjr economic policy. Lord j
5 Thornjycroft later sjrvjd as party j
5 chairman from 1975 to 1981. j
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