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| | Biographies |
Armfield, James Christopher
Baldwin, Stanley
Best, George
Butler, Richard Austen
Callaghan, James
Charlton, Bobby
Clough, Brian
Disraeli, Benjamin
Dowding, Hugh
Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot
Healey, Denis
Heathcoat Amory, Derick
Heath, Edward Richard George
Jervis, John
Keegan, Joseph Kevin
MacDonald, James Ramsey
Matthews, Stanley
Montgomery, Bernard Law
Moore, Bobby
Runcie, Robert Alexander Kennedy
Tebbit, Norman
Thatcher, Margaret Hilda
Trueman, Frederick Sewards
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Bexley
Canterbury
London
Newcastle
West Ham
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Retirement
History of Great Britain
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| | 1810 | Jervis, John | |
| London Retires from service |
| 1868 | Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| 27th Feb Derby retires from the Prime Ministership due to ill health & hands over to Disraeli |
| 1902 | Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| London Retires in favor of his nephew Arthur Balfour |
| 1935 | MacDonald, James Ramsey | |
| 7th June London Resigns due to ill health |
| 1937 | Baldwin, Stanley | |
| 28th May London Retires as Prime Minister & from public life |
| 1940 | Dowding, Hugh | |
| Nov Air Chief Marshal Charles Portal removes Dowding from his post and replaces him with Sholto Douglas |
| 1942 | Dowding, Hugh | |
| Retires drom the RAF |
| 1957 | Matthews, Stanley | |
| 29th Sep Final international appearence for England, lasted 24 yrs |
| 1958 | Montgomery, Bernard Law | |
| Goes into retirement |
| 1960 | Heathcoat Amory, Derick | |
| Retires as Chancellor |
| 1965 | Butler, Richard Austen | |
| Butler retires from politics |
| 1966 | Armfield, James Christopher | |
| Won 43 caps for England between 1959 and 1966 and captained his country |
| 1968 | Charlton, Bobby | |
| Leaves Manchester United to become player-manager of Preston North End but decides management is not for him and leaves after one season |
| 1968 | Trueman, Frederick Sewards | |
| Trueman retires from 1st class cricket |
| 1974 | Best, George | |
| 1st Jan Best's last competitive igame for Manchester United against Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road |
| 1st Jan In total Best had made 466 appearances for Manchester United in all competitions from 1963 to 1974, and scored 178 goals (including six in one game against fourth division Northampton Town) |
| 1977 | Moore, Bobby | |
| Bobby Moore retires from football, with 108 England caps |
| 14th May West Ham Retirement of Bobby Moore from football |
| 1984 | Keegan, Joseph Kevin | |
| Newcastle Keegan announces his retirement prior to the end of the 1984 season |
| 1987 | Callaghan, James | |
| Retires from the House of Commons & enters the Lords |
| 1989 | Tebbit, Norman | |
| London Retires from the government, allegedly over choice of advertising agencies |
| 1990 | Runcie, Robert Alexander Kennedy | |
| 25th Mar Canterbury Announces decision to retire |
| 1991 | Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 28th June London Announces she will not stand at the next election |
| 1992 | Healey, Denis | |
| Retires from the House of Commons |
| 1993 | Clough, Brian | |
| May Clough is succeeded as Manager of Nottingham Forest by then Leyton Orient manager, and European Cup-winning Forest player under Clough, Frank Clark |
| May The 1992-93 season is Clough's 18th with Forest - and his last, they are one of the 22 clubs in the new Premier League, but the sale of key players like Teddy Sheringham and Des Walker, combined with the manager's alcholism lead to a decline |
| 2000 | Heath, Edward Richard George | |
| 24th Oct Bexley Announces retirement from the House of Commons, 50 unbroken years as MP for Bexley |
| 2005 | Keegan, Joseph Kevin | |
| 10th Mar Keegan quits as manager and decides to retire from football |
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