Airey Neave

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Airey Neave was a British Conservative politician, war hero, and close adviser to Margaret Thatcher who was assassinated by an Irish republican paramilitary group in 1979.

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instanceOf British Army officer
British politician
Member of Parliament
World War II veteran
assassinated person
barrister
human
war hero
advisorTo Margaret Thatcher
awardReceived Légion d'honneur
surface form: Legion of Honour

Military Cross
Order of Orange-Nassau
burialPlace St Michael’s Church, Lambourn, Berkshire, England
causeOfDeath assassination
car bomb
conflict World War II
surface form: Second World War
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom
surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
dateOfBirth 1916-01-23
dateOfDeath 1979-03-30
educatedAt Eton College
Merton College, Oxford NERFINISHED
employer House of Commons of the United Kingdom
endTime 1979
familyName Neave
fieldOfStudy law
genre memoir
givenName Airey
killedBy Irish National Liberation Army
mannerOfDeath homicide
memberOf Inner Temple
memberOfPoliticalParty Conservative Party (UK)
militaryBranch British Army
militaryRank lieutenant colonel
notableEvent first British prisoner to escape from Colditz Castle in World War II
notableRole key strategist in Margaret Thatcher’s 1975 Conservative leadership campaign
notableWork They Have Their Exits
occupation barrister
politician
soldier
participantIn escape from Colditz Castle
placeOfBirth Knightsbridge, London, England
placeOfDeath Westminster, London, England
positionHeld Member of Parliament for Abingdon
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
sexOrGender male
startTime 1953
1974

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