Dominic Lawson
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The Honourable Dominic Lawson |
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| Born |
17 December 1956 Wandsworth, London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
| Occupation | Newspaper Columnist |
| Spouse(s) | Jane Whytehead (1982–1991) Rosa Monckton (1991–present) |
| Children | Domenica and Savannah; Natalia (deceased) |
| Parent(s) |
Nigel Lawson Vanessa Salmon |
Dominic Ralph Campden Lawson (born 17 December 1956 in Wandsworth, London) is an English journalist.
The elder son of Conservative politician Nigel Lawson and his first wife socialite Vanessa Salmon, Lawson was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford. Lawson had three sisters: the TV chef and writer Nigella Lawson; Horatia; and Thomasina, who died of breast cancer in 1993 in her early 30s. Their mother, an heir to the Lyons Corner House empire, died from in 1985. Lawson is a cousin to the journalist and environmentalist George Monbiot and the solicitor Fiona Shackleton through the Salmon family. Lawson's father was Chancellor of the Exchequer between 1983 and 1989.
Lawson was married to Jane Whytehead from 1982 until 1991. He has been married to Rosa Monckton, daughter of the 2nd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, since 1991. The Lawsons have two daughters (another daughter, Natalia, was stillborn), Domenica and Savannah; Domenica has Down's syndrome. Monckton is a patron of the disabled children's charity KIDS and is involved in Down's charity work. Rosa Monckton has talked to the press about how Down's has affected her and her daughters' lives.
Lawson joined the BBC as a researcher, and then wrote for the Financial Times. From 1990 until 1995 he was editor of The Spectator magazine, a post his father had occupied from 1966 to 1970. In his capacity as editor of The Spectator he conducted, in June 1990, an interview with the cabinet minister Nicholas Ridley in which Ridley expressed opinions immensely hostile to Germany and the European Community, likening the initiatives of Jacques Delors and others to those of Hitler. Lawson added to the damage caused, by claiming that the opinions expressed by Ridley were shared by the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. Ridley was forced to resign from the cabinet shortly after this incident. Although senior Tories called for Lawson to be fired, his proprietor, Conrad Black, stood by him. Under Lawson's five-year editorship, the magazine's circulation grew from 30,000 to 50,000. It also won the What the Papers Say Award for best newspaper – the first and only time it was awarded to a magazine.
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