By the ConservativeHome team
Lady Thatcher was not able to be there herself, because of flu, but David Cameron's party in her honour went ahead. The former PM, Mr Cameron said, had to be ordered to stay in bed such was her determination to attend. In a statement it was noted that, sadly, the Lady is not for returning tonight... but the party will be rarranged soon.
For 10 Downing Street this was not just an occasion to salute the Iron Lady, it was also another part of Team Cameron's effort to build better relations with the Conservative Right. Listed below is a pretty comprehensive list of attendees - apologies to any we have missed off.
In his unscripted remarks Mr Cameron paid tribute to the greatest peacetime Prime Minister of the twentieth century. She made Britain proud again, he said, and saved the British economy. He remembered listening to the radio as a boy of fifteen during the Falkland Wars. The assembly gave a loud 'hear, hear' to his tribute to her "courage and conviction".
He reminded the audience of Lady Thatcher's answer to Hugo Swire's question "What would you now do differently if given another chance?" "I think I did rather well first time round," she replied!
It was a very good and generous speech from Mr Cameron - who was guided about the room by Chief Whip Patrick McLoughlin. Tributes to Margaret Thatcher's record did, however, tend to get a warmer response than defences of his own government's agenda.
Mr Cameron left the two hour reception early with Liam Fox. Defence and education are two of the outstanding budgets yet to be settled before next Wednesday's CSR.
ATTENDEES
Those who served in her government
Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville
Lord Carrington
Christopher Chope MP
Lord Deben (John Gummer)
Michael Fallon MP
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
Lord Howard of Lympne
Lord Howe of Aberavon
Lord Hunt of Wirral
Lord Hurd
Lord Jenkin of Roding
Lord King of Bridgwater
Greg Knight MP
Edward Leigh MP
Sir Mark Lennox-Boyd
Peter Lilley MP
David Maclean
Lord Mawhinney
Lord Mayhew of Twysden
Patrick McLoughlin MP
Lord Newton
Sir John Nott
Lord Prior
John Redwood MP
Lord Renton of Mount Harry
Lord Ryder of Wensum
Lord Spicer
Lord Strathclyde
Lord Tebbit
Lady Trumpington
Lord Waddington
Lord Wakeham
Lord Young of Graffham
Others who worked around her
Gerald Howarth MP
Sir Bernard Ingham
Oliver Letwin MP
Sir Ferdinand Mount
Sir Stephen Sherbourne
John Whittingdale MP
Other current ministers and MPs
Nigel Adams MP
Adam Afriyie MP
Stuart Andrew MP
Steve Baker MP
Steve Barclay MP
Brian Binley MP
Graham Brady MP
Angie Bray MP
Julian Brazier MP
Steve Brine MP
Aidan Burley MP
Conor Burns MP
David Burrowes MP
David Cameron MP
Damian Collins MP
Stephen Crabb MP
David Davies MP
Philip Davies MP
Nadine Dorries MP
James Duddridge MP
Alan Duncan MP
Iain Duncan Smith MP
Nigel Evans MP
Liam Fox MP
Mark Francois MP
Mike Freer MP
David Gauke MP
Robert Goodwill MP
Chris Grayling MP
Robert Halfon MP
Matthew Hancock MP
Greg Hands MP
Mark Harper MP
Damian Hinds MP
Mark Hoban MP
Stewart Jackson MP
Bernard Jenkin MP
Andrew Jones MP
Daniel Kawczynski MP
Eleanor Laing MP
Andrea Leadsom MP
Stephen Metcalfe MP
David Morris MP
Mark Pritchard MP
Jacob Rees-Mogg MP
Laurence Robertson MP
Andrew Rosindell MP
Mel Stride MP
James Wharton MP
Rob WIlson MP
Journalists, commentators and others
Lord Ashcroft
Matthew D'Ancona
Iain Dale
Paul Goodman
Michael Hintze
Jonathan Isaby
Paul Johnson
Kelvin Mackenzie
Tim Montgomerie
Charles Moore
Fraser Nelson
Don Porter, Conservative Way Forward
Pamela Powell
Lord Rees-Mogg
Fred Ryan, Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation
