1943

Born in Carshalton

1959

Left school

1968

Elected as Lambeth Borough Councillor

1974

Contested St Pancras North constituency in General Elections

1979

Won the Huntingdonshire constituency

1983

Won the renamed Huntingdon constituency

1987

Re-elected in General Election

Appointed as Chief Secretary of the Treasury

1989

Appointed as Foreign Secretary

Appointed as Chancellor of the Exchequer

1990

Elected as Conservative Party leader

Became Prime Minister

1991

Gulf War

1992

Conservatives won the General Election

Sterling forced out of the ERM

1995

Conservative leadership contest

1997

Conservatives defeated at the General Election

Resigned as Conservative Party leader

1999

Made a Companion of Honour

2001

Stood down from Parliament

Appointed as Chairman of the Carlyle Group

2004

Stood down as Chairman of the Carlyle Group

2005

Received the Order of the Garter