Lord Tebbit
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The Right Honourable The Lord Tebbit CH PC |
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| Chairman of the Conservative Party | |
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In office 2 September 1985 – 13 June 1987 |
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| Leader | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | John Gummer |
| Succeeded by | Peter Brooke |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
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In office 2 September 1985 – 13 June 1987 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Gowrie |
| Succeeded by | Kenneth Clarke |
| Secretary of State for Trade and Industry | |
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In office 11 October 1983 – 2 September 1985 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Cecil Parkinson |
| Succeeded by | Leon Brittan |
| Secretary of State for Employment | |
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In office 14 September 1981 – 16 October 1983 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | James Prior |
| Succeeded by | Tom King |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade | |
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In office 4 May 1979 – 5 January 1981 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Michael Meacher |
| Succeeded by | Lord Trefgarne |
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Member of Parliament for Chingford |
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In office 28 February 1974 – 9 April 1992 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Succeeded by | Iain Duncan Smith |
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Member of Parliament for Epping |
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In office 18 June 1970 – 28 February 1974 |
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| Preceded by | Stan Newens |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
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Norman Beresford Tebbit 29 March 1931 Ponders End, Middlesex, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Daines |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk |
| Occupation | Politician, Peer |
| Profession | Journalist |
Norman Beresford Tebbit, Baron Tebbit, CH, PC (born 29 March 1931) is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet from 1981 to 1987 as Secretary of State for Employment (1981–83), Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1983–85), Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1985–87) and Chairman of the Conservative Party (1985–87). He was a member of parliament (MP) from 1970 to 1992, representing the constituencies of Epping (1970–74) and Chingford (1974–92).
In 1984, he was injured in the Provisional Irish Republican Army's bombing of the Grand Hotel in Brighton, where he was staying during the Conservative Party Conference. His wife Margaret was left permanently disabled after the explosion. He left the government after the 1987 general election to care for his wife. He considered standing for the Conservative leadership after Margaret Thatcher's resignation in 1990, but came to the decision not to stand as he had earlier made a commitment to his wife to retire from front-line politics. He gave up his parliamentary seat for Chingford in 1992, and has since sat in the House of Lords as Baron Tebbit, of Chingford.
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