Thorneycroft lost his seat at the 1966 general election and was raised to the peerage as Baron Thorneycroft, of Dunston in the County of Stafford on 4 December 1967.
Thorneycroft lost his seat at the 1966 general election. Thorneycroft was raised to the peerage as Baron Thorneycroft in the County of Stafford on 4 December 1967. This was of Dunston.