Submission - Appointment of the Defence and Scottish Secretaries [1986-01-10]
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Title
Submission - Appointment of the Defence and Scottish Secretaries [1986-01-10]
Subject
Ministerial Appointments
Description
Margaret Thatcher's formal advice recommending that Queen Elizabeth II approve the appointment of George Younger as Secretary of State for Defence and Malcolm Rifkind as Secretary of State for Scotland.
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
Mrs Thatcher, with her humble duty to The Queen, has the honour to submit the attached list of appointments for Your Majesty’s most gracious approval.
(Sgd.) Margaret Thatcher
10 January 1986
Page 2
| Secretary of State for Defence | The Right Honourable George Kenneth Hotson Younger, TD, DL, MP |
| Secretary of State for Scotland | Malcolm Leslie Rifkind, Esquire, MP |
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 - Appointment of the Defence and Scottish Secretaries [1986-01-10],” Corpus of British Administrative Instruments, accessed October 20, 2026, https://cbaionline.org/corpus/items/show/187.