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David Heathcoat-Amory

The Right Honourable
David Heathcoat-Amory
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Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
In office
26 September 2000 – 14 September 2001
Leader William Hague
Preceded by Angela Browning
Succeeded by John Whittingdale
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury
In office
19 June 1997 – 26 September 2000
Leader William Hague
Preceded by Alistair Darling
Succeeded by Oliver Letwin
Paymaster General
In office
20 July 1994 – 20 July 1996
Prime Minister John Major
Preceded by Sir John Cope
Succeeded by David Willetts
Minister of State for Europe
In office
27 May 1993 – 20 July 1994
Prime Minister John Major
Preceded by Tristan Garel-Jones
Succeeded by David Davis
Treasurer of the Household
In office
15 April 1992 – 27 May 1993
Prime Minister John Major
Preceded by Alastair Goodlad
Succeeded by Greg Knight
Member of Parliament
for Wells
In office
9 June 1983 – 12 April 2010
Preceded by Robert Boscawen
Succeeded by Tessa Munt
Personal details
Born (1949-03-21) 21 March 1949 (age 67)
Nationality British
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s) Linda Adams
Children 3
Alma mater Christ Church, Oxford

David Philip Heathcoat-Amory (born 21 March 1949) is a British politician, accountant and farmer. He was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Wells from 1983 until he lost the seat in the 2010 general election. He became a member of the British Privy Council in 1996.

David Heathcoat-Amory is the son of British Army Brigadier Roderick Heathcoat-Amory, MC (son of Sir Ian Heathcoat-Amory, 2nd Baronet) and the nephew of Harold Macmillan's Chancellor of the Exchequer Derick Heathcoat-Amory. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, University of Oxford, where he received an MA in PPE. He was President of the Oxford University Conservative Association and was a contemporary of John Redwood, Robert Jackson, William Waldegrave, Edwina Currie, Stephen Milligan and Gyles Brandreth. He qualified as an accountant in 1974 and joined Price Waterhouse as a chartered accountant. In 1980, he was appointed as the assistant finance director of the British Technology Group (BTG) where he remained until he was elected to Parliament in 1983. He is also a farmer with employees.


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