Bernard Ingham

Sir Bernard Ingham (born June 21 1932) is a journalist best known as Margaret Thatcher's former press secretary.

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June 21 - 1932 - Margaret Thatcher

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Ingham was educated at Hebden Bridge Grammar School and joined the local Hebden Bridge Times newspaper at the age of 16. He went on to work for the Yorkshire Evening Post, the Yorkshire Post, latterly as Northern Industrial Correspondent, and The Guardian.

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Hebden Bridge - Yorkshire Evening Post - Yorkshire Post - The Guardian

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In 1967, he joined the Civil Service. He went on to spend eleven years as Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's Chief Press Secretary in No 10 Downing Street. From 1989-90 he was also Head of the Government Information Service. In the course of his Civil Service career he was also press secretary to Barbara Castle, Robert Carr, Maurice Macmillan, Lord Carrington, Eric Varley and Tony Benn.

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Barbara Castle - Robert Carr - Maurice Macmillan - Lord Carrington - Eric Varley - Tony Benn

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He was knighted on Thatcher's resignation - and retirement - in 1990.

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It was Ingham, not, as popularly supposed, Thatcher, who was responsible for writing the Yes, Minister sketch which she performed in public with Paul Eddington and Nigel Hawthorne.

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Yes, Minister - Paul Eddington - Nigel Hawthorne

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Bernard Ingham lectures in Public Relations at Middlesex University in London.

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Public Relations - Middlesex University

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