Lance Adams-Schneider
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The Right Honourable Sir Lance Adams-Schneider KCMG |
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| 10th Ambassador to the United States | |
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In office 1982–1985 |
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| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Prime Minister | David Lange |
| Preceded by | Frank Gill |
| Succeeded by | Sir Wallace Rowling |
| 4th Ambassador to Mexico | |
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In office 1982–1983 |
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| President | Miguel de la Madrid |
| Prime Minister | Robert Muldoon |
| Preceded by | Frank Gill |
| Succeeded by | Peter Fairfax |
| 21st Minister of Health | |
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In office 9 February 1972 – 8 December 1972 |
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| Prime Minister | Jack Marshall |
| Preceded by | Donald McKay |
| Succeeded by | Bob Tizard |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Waikato |
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In office 1969 – 1981 |
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| Succeeded by | Simon Upton |
| Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Hamilton |
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In office 1959 – 1969 |
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| Preceded by | Hilda Ross |
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Lancelot Raymond Adams 11 November 1919 Wellington, New Zealand |
| Died | 3 September 1996 (aged 76) |
| Nationality | New Zealander |
| Political party | National |
| Spouse(s) | Shirley Lois Brunton |
| Children | Two sons, one daughter |
| Religion | Baptist |
Sir Lancelot Raymond "Lance" Adams-Schneider KCMG (11 November 1919 – 3 September 1995) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.
Lance was born in Wellington, New Zealand to Arthur Adams and Louise Beddle. He was educated at Eastern Hutt Primary School, Petone Memorial Technical College, and Mount Albert Grammar School, Auckland. Lance changed his surname to Adams-Schneider because he was looked after by Mr Leo Schneider. He was told by the Adams family that unless he retained the Adams name then he would be left out of their family wills, and by the Schneider family that unless he took their name he would be left out of their family wills as well. So following a typically political situation he took both names to become Adams-Schneider.
Adams-Schneider stood in the Hutt electorate against Walter Nash in 1957, coming second for National. He then contested and won for National the 1959 Hamilton by-election. He continued to represent the Hamilton electorate until its disestablishment in 1969, after which he represented the Waikato electorate until his retirement in 1981.
He was a Cabinet minister, serving as Minister of Health in 1972 under Prime Minister Jack Marshall, and later Minister of Trade and Industry in Muldoon's Third National Government.
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