Nigel Lawson
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The Right Honourable The Lord Lawson of Blaby PC |
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Lawson in 2013
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| Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
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In office 11 June 1983 – 26 October 1989 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Geoffrey Howe |
| Succeeded by | John Major |
| Secretary of State for Energy | |
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In office 14 September 1981 – 11 June 1983 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | David Howell |
| Succeeded by | Peter Walker |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | |
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In office 4 May 1979 – 14 September 1981 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Robert Sheldon |
| Succeeded by | Nicholas Ridley |
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Member of Parliament for Blaby |
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In office 28 February 1974 – 9 April 1992 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency created |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Robathan |
| Personal details | |
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11 March 1932 Hampstead, London, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Vanessa Salmon (1955–1980) Thérèse Maclear (1980–2012) |
| Children |
Dominic Thomasina Nigella Horatia Tom Emily |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby PC (born 11 March 1932) is a British Conservative politician and journalist. He was a member of parliament (MP) representing the constituency of Blaby from 1974 to 1992, and served in Thatcher's Cabinet from 1981 to 1989. Prior to entering the Cabinet, he served as the Financial Secretary to the Treasury from May 1979 until his promotion to Secretary of State for Energy. He was appointed as Chancellor of the Exchequer in June 1983, and served until his resignation in October 1989. In both Cabinet posts, Lawson was a key proponent of Thatcher's policies of privatisation of several key industries. Lawson oversaw the sudden deregulation of financial markets in 1986, commonly referred to as the "Big Bang."
Lawson was a backbencher from 1989 until he retired in 1992, and now sits in the House of Lords. He is still active in political life as President of Conservatives for Britain, a campaign for Britain to leave the European Union, and as chairman of the climate-change denialistGlobal Warming Policy Foundation think tank.
He is the father of six children, including Nigella Lawson, a food writer and celebrity cook, Dominic Lawson, a journalist, and Tom Lawson, headmaster of Eastbourne College.
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