Norman Lamont, Baron Lamont of Lerwick
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The Right Honourable The Lord Lamont of Lerwick PC |
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| Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
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In office 28 November 1990 – 27 May 1993 |
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| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | John Major |
| Succeeded by | Kenneth Clarke |
| Chief Secretary to the Treasury | |
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In office 24 July 1989 – 28 November 1990 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | John Major |
| Succeeded by | David Mellor |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | |
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In office 21 May 1986 – 24 July 1989 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | John Moore |
| Succeeded by | Peter Lilley |
| Minister for Defence Procurement | |
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In office 2 September 1985 – 21 May 1986 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Adam Butler |
| Succeeded by | David Trefgarne |
| Minister of State for Trade and Industry | |
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In office 13 June 1983 – 2 September 1985 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Office created |
| Succeeded by | Peter Morrison |
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Member of Parliament for Kingston-upon-Thames |
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In office 4 May 1972 – 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | John Boyd-Carpenter |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
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Norman Stewart Hughson Lamont 8 May 1942 Shetland, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Rosemary White (m. 1971; div. 1999) |
| Children | Hilaire Sophie |
| Education | Loretto School |
| Alma mater | Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge |
Norman Stewart Hughson Lamont, Baron Lamont of Lerwick, PC (born 8 May 1942) is a British politician and former Conservative MP for Kingston-upon-Thames. He is best known for his period serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer, from 1990 until 1993. He was created a life peer in 1998.
Lamont was born in Lerwick, in the Shetland Islands, where his father was the islands' surgeon. He was raised in Grimsby. He was educated at Loretto School, Musselburgh, Scotland and read Economics at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, where he was Chairman of the Cambridge University Conservative Association and President of the Cambridge Union Society in 1964. He also took part in the English-Speaking Union's Tour of the United States.
At Cambridge he was a contemporary of Michael Howard, Kenneth Clarke, Leon Brittan, and John Gummer all of whom became leading figures in the Conservative Party. The group was sometimes collectively known as the Cambridge Mafia.
Lamont became chairman of centre-right think tank the Bow Group between 1971-2.
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