Sir John Nott, the defence secretary during the Falklands War, has died aged 92. The senior Conservative twice offered his resignation to Margaret Thatcher after the Argentinian invasion of the South Atlantic islands in 1982 but she refused to accept it, instead keeping him in place for the bloody but successful liberation operation.

Following the Argentine invasion of the South Atlantic islands, Sir John twice offered to resign. Then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher refused to accept, and he stayed on until the conclusion of the war after which he stepped down to focus on his business ...

He rose to fame after storming out during a television appearance and spent much of his retirement restoring a 200-acre Cornish farm