Margaret Thatcher received numerous honours in recognition of her career in politics. These included a peerage, membership of the Order of the Garter, the Order of Saint John and the Order of Merit, along with numerous other British and foreign honours. These included the Order of King Abdulaziz from Saudi Arabia in 1990. She was also honoured in Kuwait in 1991.
Margaret Thatcher was given a life peerage on her standing down from the House of Commons at the 1992 United Kingdom general election. This allowed her a seat in the House of Lords. She took the title Baroness Thatcher, of Kesteven in the County of Lincolnshire. She sat with the Conservative Party benches.
As a member of the House of Lords with a life peerage, [1] Thatcher was entitled to use a personal coat of arms. A second coat of arms was created following her appointment as Lady Companion of the Order of the Garter (LG) in 1995. [2] Despite receiving her own arms, Thatcher sometimes used the Royal Arms instead of her own, contrary to protocol. [3]
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| Country | Date | Appointment | Post-nominal letters |
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 United Kingdom | 1970 –8 April 2013 | Member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council | PC |
| Commonwealth realms | 7 December 1990 –8 April 2013 | Order of Merit | OM [5] |
| United Kingdom | 1 July 1991 –8 April 2013 | Dame of Justice of the Order of St John | D.StJ [6] |
| United Kingdom | 25 April 1995 –8 April 2013 | Lady Companion of the Order of the Garter | LG [7] |
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| Country | Date | Appointment | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
 United States | 7 March 1991 | Presidential Medal of Freedom | [8] |
 South Africa | 15 May 1991 | Grand Cross of the Order of Good Hope | [9] |
 Japan | 24 May 1995 | Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown | [10] |
 Croatia | 15 September 1998 | Grand Order of King Dimitar Zvonimir | [11] |
 Czech Republic | 17 November 1999 | Order of the White Lion, First Class | [12] |
 Kazakhstan | 31 August 2001 | Order of Friendship, First Class | [13] |
 House of Bourbon | 14 November 2003 | Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Francis I Awarded on behalf of the Catholic Church by the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies | [14] |
 Lithuania | 16 February 2008 | Grand Cross of the Order of Vytautas the Great | [15] [16] |
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| Location | Date | School | Degree |
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 England | 1947 | Somerville College, Oxford | Second-Class Honours Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Chemistry |
| Location | Date | School | Position |
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| England | 1970 –8 April 2013 | Somerville College, Oxford | Honorary Fellow [17] |
 Virginia | 1993–2000 | College of William and Mary | Chancellor [18] |
| Location | Date | School | Degree | Gave Commencement Address |
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 District of Columbia | 27 February 1981 | Georgetown University | Doctor of Laws (LL.D) [19] | |
| England | 1986 | University of Buckingham | Doctor of Laws (LL.D) [20] | |
 Israel | 17 November 1992 | Weizmann Institute of Science | Doctorate [21] | |
 Utah | 5 March 1996 | Brigham Young University | Doctor of Public Service (DPS) [22] | |
| Virginia | 2000 | College of William and Mary | Doctor of Laws (LL.D) [23] | |
 California | 2008 | Pepperdine University | Doctorate [24] | |
| Location | Date | Organisation | Position |
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| United Kingdom | 1975 –8 April 2013 | Carlton Club | Honorary Member |
| United Kingdom | 24 October 1979 –15 May 1980 | Royal Institute of Chemistry | Honorary Fellow (Hon FRIC) [25] |
| United Kingdom | 15 May 1980 –8 April 2013 | Royal Society of Chemistry | Honorary Fellow (Hon FRSC) |
| United Kingdom | 1 July 1983 –8 April 2013 | Royal Society | Fellow (FRS) [26] |
| England | 9 November 1983 –8 April 2013 | Gray's Inn | Honorary Bencher [27] |
 Ontario | 18 June 1988 –8 April 2013 | Law Society of Upper Canada | Honorary Bencher [28] |
| United States | 2006 –8 April 2013 | The Heritage Foundation | Patron |
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| Location | Date | Organisation | Award |
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| Virginia | 28 February 1981 | OSS Society | William J. Donovan Award [37] |
| California | 27 October 1998 | Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation | Ronald Reagan Freedom Award [38] |
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Armenia (Gyumri): Margaret Thatcher Street.[ citation needed ]
Australia (Waroona): Thatcher Street.[ citation needed ]
Falkland Islands (Stanley), Thatcher Drive. [39] 
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Thatcher Peninsula. [40] 
Spain: United Kingdom: United States (Washington, D.C.): Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at The Heritage Foundation. [45] Falkland Islands: Margaret Thatcher Day. [39] United Kingdom: Thatcherism.
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