Nigel Lawson

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The Lord Lawson of Blaby

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Official portrait, 2018
Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office
11 June 1983 – 26 October 1989
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byGeoffrey Howe
Succeeded byJohn Major
Secretary of State for Energy
In office
14 September 1981 – 11 June 1983
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byDavid Howell
Succeeded byPeter Walker
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office
4 May 1979 – 14 September 1981
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byRobert Sheldon
Succeeded byNicholas Ridley
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
6 July 1992 – 31 December 2022
Life peerage
Member of Parliament
for Blaby
In office
28 February 1974 – 16 March 1992
Preceded byConstituency created
Succeeded byAndrew Robathan
Personal details
Born
Nigel Lawson

(1932-03-11)11 March 1932
Hampstead, London, England
Died3 April 2023(2023-04-03) (aged 91)
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)
  • Vanessa Salmon
    (m. 1955; div. 1980)
  • Thérèse Maclear
    (m. 1980; div. 2012)
Children6, including Dominic and Nigella
EducationWestminster School
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford
Military service
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Branch/serviceRoyal Navy
Years of service1954–1956
RankLieutenant commander
CommandsHMS Gay Charger

Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby PC (11 March 1932 – 3 April 2023) was a British Conservative politician. He was born in Hampstead, London, and was of Jewish descent.[1]

He was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, where he got a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. He was a journalist during the 1960s. Lawson was a Member of Parliament from 1974-1992. He was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1983-1989. Lawson was made a life peer in 1992.[2]

Lawson had six children. They are: Dominic (a journalist), Thomasina (who died of breast cancer), Nigella (a food writer), Horatia, Tom and Emily.

Lawson died on 3 April 2023, three weeks after his 91st birthday.[3]

References[change | change source]

  1. Google News
  2. Hansard
  3. Cooney, Christy (3 April 2023). "Nigel Lawson: former Conservative chancellor dies aged 91". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 April 2023.

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