Submission - Resignation of the Defence Secretary [1986-01-10]
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Title
Submission - Resignation of the Defence Secretary [1986-01-10]
Subject
Ministerial Resignations
Description
Margaret Thatcher's formal advice recommending that Queen Elizabeth II accept Michael Heseltine's resignation as Secretary of State for Defence.
Creator
Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury)
Source
PREM 5/606/1
Date
1986-01-10
Contributor
Jason Loch
Ministerial Submission Item Type Metadata
Transcript
(Sgd.) Appd ER
10 DOWNING STREET
The Right Honourable Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine, MP, Secretary of State for Defence, having tendered his resignation, Mrs Thatcher, with her humble duty to The Queen, has the honour to recommend that Your Majesty may be graciously pleased to accept it.
(Sgd.) Margaret Thatcher
10 January 1986
Signatures
Queen Elizabeth II
Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury)
Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury)
Ornamentation
Black and white Lesser Royal Arms at the top.
Document is typewritten.
Document is typewritten.
Files
Citation
Margaret Thatcher (Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury), “Submission - Resignation of the Defence Secretary [1986-01-10],” Corpus of British Administrative Instruments, accessed October 20, 2026, https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/186.