Editing William Whitelaw (section)

==Retirement and death==
[[File:Whitelaw grave.jpg|thumb|upright|The grave of William Whitelaw]]
During his retirement and until his death, Whitelaw was the chairman of the board of Governors at [[St Bees School]], Cumbria. He was appointed a [[Knight of the Thistle]] in 1990.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=52351|date=30 November 1990|page=18550}}</ref> He formally resigned as [[Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)|Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party]] in 1991;<ref name="Guardian" /> a farewell dinner was held in his honour on 7 August 1991.<ref>{{cite book |last=Sherrin |first=Ned |author-link=Ned Sherrin |title=Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5q4XBa5jsy8C&pg=PA268 |date=25 September 2008 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-923716-6 |page=268}}</ref>

After several years of declining health, Whitelaw died from natural causes at Ennim, his home in [[Blencow]], on 1 July 1999, shortly after his 81st birthday.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/lord-whitelaw-dies-at-81-after-long-illness-1.202072 |title=Lord Whitelaw dies at 81 after long illness |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |date=2 July 1999 |access-date=17 July 2022 |last=Donnelly |first=Rachel}}</ref><ref name=Scotsman>{{cite news |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-vicountess-whitelaw-penrith-former-ats-volunteer-who-wife-tory-mp-devoted-herself-charity-campaigns-2004385 |title=Obituary: Vicountess Whitelaw of Penrith, former ATS volunteer who, as wife of Tory MP, devoted herself to charity campaigns |newspaper=[[The Scotsman]] |date=15 December 2011 |access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref> He had been married for 56 years. Although Whitelaw was given a hereditary peerage, the title became extinct on his death as his daughters were unable to inherit. His home for many years was the mansion of Ennim, just outside the village of [[Great Blencow]] near [[Penrith, Cumbria]]. He was buried at [[St Andrew's Church, Dacre|St. Andrew's Parish Church]], [[Dacre, Cumbria]]. Whitelaw was an active [[freemason]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Power of the Masons – Myth of Menace? |date=13 July 1986 |work=Sunday People}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/just-how-much-do-the-masons-really-matter-1592669.html |title=Just how much do the Masons really matter? |date=21 July 1995 |work=The Independent}}</ref>

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