Who Was Sir Bernard Ingham? Margaret Thatcher’s press chief dead aged 90

Sir Bernard Ingham, who was the Press Chief of British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher has been reported dead at age 90. According to a statement released by the family, he died after a short illness on Friday, 24 February 2023.

“My family will miss him greatly. He is known as Margaret Thatcher’s chief press secretary to the wider world, a formidable operator in the political and Whitehall jungles. But to me, he was my dad – and a great dad at that. He was a fellow football fan and an adoring grandfather and great-grandfather,” his son John Ingham wrote.

Sir Bernard Ingham party

What was Sir Bernard Ingham’s party? Sir Bernard Ingham was a former Labour-supporting campaigner whose capabilities were doubted by many people as to whether or not he could work for a Tory leader. He was considered an outsider by many. He performed his role diligently by handling the media very well for Thatcher, and would often clash with the PM’s cabinet ministers as well.