# List of awards and honours received by Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher received numerous honours in recognition of her career in politics. These included a peerage, membership of the Order of the Garter, the Order of Saint John and the Order of Merit, along with numerous other British and foreign honours. These included the Order of King Abdulaziz from Saudi Arabia in 1990. She was also honoured in Kuwait in 1991.
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## Life peerage

Margaret Thatcher was given a life peerage on her standing down from the House of Commons at the 1992 general election. This allowed her a seat in the House of Lords. She took the title Baroness Thatcher, of Kesteven in the County of Lincolnshire. She sat with the Conservative Party benches.

## Coat of arms

As a member of the House of Lords with a life peerage, Thatcher was entitled to use a personal coat of arms. A second coat of arms was created following her appointment as Lady Companion of the Order of the Garter (LG) in 1995. Despite receiving her own arms, Thatcher sometimes used the Royal Arms instead of her own, contrary to protocol.
Coat of arms of Margaret Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher :
* NotesThis achievement was used from 1995 to 2013, granted originally by the College of Arms in 1992 and was designed by the Garter King of Arms Sir Colin Cole. This version displays the circlet of the Order of the Garter. When she was appointed to the Order of the Garter in 1995 she was allowed to displayed a circlet of the order, she then used this new version until her death in 2013.
* Adopted1992
* Coronetsurmounted by a baron's coronet
* EscutcheonOn a lozenge per chevron azure and gules, a double key in chief between two lions combatant a tower with portcullis in base all or.
* SupportersDexter: An admiral of the fleet of the British Royal Navy; sinister: Sir Isaac Newton holding in his left hand weighing scales, both proper.
* MottoCHERISH FREEDOM
* OrdersGarter ribbonMerit ribbon with Cross pendantHONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE— French for "Shame be to him who thinks evil of it."
* Banner The banner of Margaret Thatcher's arms used as knight of the Garter at St George's Chapel.
* SymbolismThe dexter supporter is an Admiral of the Royal Navy, to commemorate the victory of the Falklands War during her premiership. The sinister supporter is Sir Isaac Newton, to recognise her earlier career as a scientist. The key and the two royal lions of England represents her tenure as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury. The tower and portcullis represents her time at the Palace of Westminster as Member of Parliament. She bore this achievement on a lozenge (as is traditional for a woman), surrounded by the circlet of the Order of the Garter (in which she was appointed in 1995); below hangs the ribbon and insignia of the Order of Merit (in which she was appointed in 1990).
* Previous versions1992–1995Escutcheon1995–2013

## Commonwealth honours

Commonwealth realms :
| Country | Date | Appointment | Post-nominal letters |
| United Kingdom | 1970 – 8 April 2013 | Member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council | PC |
| Commonwealth realms | 7 December 1990 – 8 April 2013 | Member of the Order of Merit | OM |
| United Kingdom | 1 July 1991 – 8 April 2013 | Dame of Justice of the Order of St John | D.StJ |
| United Kingdom | 25 April 1995 – 8 April 2013 | Lady Companion of the Order of the Garter | LG |

## Foreign honours

Orders :
| Country | Date | Appointment |
| United States | 7 March 1991 | Presidential Medal of Freedom |
| South Africa | 15 May 1991 | Grand Cross of the Order of Good Hope |
| Japan | 24 May 1995 | Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown |
| Croatia | 15 September 1998 | Grand Order of King Dimitar Zvonimir |
| United States | 28 October 1998 | Ronald Reagan Freedom Award |
| Czech Republic | 17 November 1999 | Order of the White Lion, First Class |
| Kazakhstan | 31 August 2001 | Order of Friendship, First Class |
| House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies | 14 November 2003 | Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Francis I Awarded on behalf of the Catholic Church by the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies |
| Lithuania | 16 February 2008 | Grand Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great |

## Other distinctions
### Scholastic

University degrees :
| Location | Date | School | Degree |
| England | 1947 | Somerville College, Oxford | Second-Class Honours Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Chemistry |
Chancellor, visitor, governor, rector, and fellowships :
| Location | Date | School | Position |
| England | 1970 – 8 April 2013 | Somerville College, Oxford | Honorary Fellow |
| Virginia | 1993–2000 | College of William and Mary | Chancellor |
Honorary degrees :
| Location | Date | School | Degree |
| District of Columbia | 27 February 1981 | Georgetown University | Doctor of Laws (LL.D) |
| England | 1986 | University of Buckingham | Doctor of Laws (LL.D) |
| Israel | 17 November 1992 | Weizmann Institute of Science | Doctorate |
| Utah | 5 March 1996 | Brigham Young University | Doctor of Public Service (DPS) |
| Virginia | 2000 | College of William and Mary | Doctor of Laws (LL.D) |
| California | 2008 | Pepperdine University | Doctorate |

### Memberships and fellowships

| Location | Date | Organisation | Position |
| United Kingdom | 1975 – 8 April 2013 | Carlton Club | Honorary Member |
| United Kingdom | 24 October 1979 – 15 May 1980 | Royal Institute of Chemistry | Honorary Fellow (Hon FRIC) |
| United Kingdom | 15 May 1980 – 8 April 2013 | Royal Society of Chemistry | Honorary Fellow (Hon FRIC) |
| United Kingdom | 1 July 1983 – 8 April 2013 | Royal Society | Fellow (FRS) |
| England | 9 November 1983 – 8 April 2013 | Gray's Inn | Honorary Bencher |
| Ontario | 18 June 1988 – 8 April 2013 | Law Society of Upper Canada | Honorary Bencher |
| United States | 2006 – 8 April 2013 | The Heritage Foundation | Patron |

## Freedom of the City

* 6 February 1980: Barnet
* 10 January 1983: Falkland Islands
* 26 May 1989: London
* 12 December 1990: Westminster
* 16 September 1998: Zagreb
* 11 November 2000: Gdańsk

## Awards

| Location | Date | Organisation | Award |
| Virginia | 28 February 1981 | OSS Society | William J. Donovan Award |
| California | 27 October 1998 | Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation | Ronald Reagan Freedom Award |

## Places and other things named after Thatcher
### Places

* Armenia (Gyumri): Margaret Thatcher Street.
* Australia (Waroona): Thatcher Street.
* Falkland Islands (Stanley), Thatcher Drive.
* South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Thatcher Peninsula.
* Spain:
** Madrid: Margaret Thatcher Public School.
** Madrid: Plaza Margaret Thatcher.
* United Kingdom:
** Grantham: Roberts Hall in Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School.
** Kidderminster: Margaret Thatcher House (Regional Conservative Party Headquarters).
** Somerville College, Oxford: Margaret Thatcher Centre.
** Chelsea: Margaret Thatcher Infirmary.
** Chelsea: Maggie's Club.
** West Drayton: Thatcher Close.
* United States (Washington, D.C.): Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at The Heritage Foundation.

### Other things

* Falkland Islands: Margaret Thatcher Day.
* United Kingdom: Thatcherism.
* The orchid Dendrobium Margaret Thatcher.