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Lawson, Nigel, Baron Lawson of Blaby, son of Ralph Lawson (qv, Vol. III); b. 11 Mar. 1932; adm. Sept. 1945 (H), later (W); left Dec. 1950; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1951, BA 1954 (1st class hons PPE), MA 1958, hon. student 1996; editorial staff The Financial Times 1956-60; city editor, The Sunday Telegraph 1961-3; special asst. to the Prime Minister 1963-4; The Financial Times columnist and BBC broadcaster 1965; ed., The Spectator 1966-70; Fellow Nuffield Coll. Oxf. 1972-3; special adviser, Conservative Party HQ 1973-4; contested (Cons. ) Eton & Slough 1970; MP (Cons. ) Blaby 1974-92; Opposition Whip 1976-7, Treasury spokesman 1977-9; Financial Sec. to the Treasury 1979-81; Sec. of State for Energy 1981-3; PC 1981; Chancellor of the Exchequer 1983-9, resigned Oct. 1989 after a disagreement with the Prime Minister; created Baron Lawson of Blaby (Life Peer) 1992; dir. Barclays Bank 1990-8; chmn. Central Europe Trust Co. Ltd. 1990-2012, Oxford Investment Partners 2006-13; founder chmn., Global Warming Policy Foundn. 2009-; pres., Conservatives for Britain 2016; interim chmn, Vote Leave 2016; Governor of the Sch. 1999-2005; hon. Fellow of the Sch. 2005; Hon. DSc Buckingham 2011; m. 1st. 12 Oct. 1955 (div. 1980) Vanessa Mary Salmon, d. of Felix Salmon Addison, caterer; 2nd. 31 Oct. 1980 (div. 2012) Thérèse Mary Maclear, d. of Henry Adolphus Maclear Bate, journalist; d. 3 Apr. 2023.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2022
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright,