Very sad to hear of the death of Dennis Thatcher, husband of the Iron Lady. I never met Dennis, but in

early-1980s London mixed with people who knew him. They all said the same

thing: he was a perfect gentleman, unfailingly polite and considerate to

everyone, never raised his voice or lost his temper. Best-known remark:

When the spinsterish bachelor Norman St. John Stevas was appointed Minister

for the Arts in an early Thatcher cabinet, Dennis was reported to have said:

“There’s something I don’t like about the cut of his jib.”