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Nigel Lawson

Personal data
Date of birth11 March 1932(age 79)
Place of birthHampstead, London, United Kingdom
Political partyConservative
SpouseVanessa Salmon
(m. 1955 � 1980)
Thérese Maclear
(m. 1980 � 2008)
ChildrenDominic, Thomasina (deceased), Nigella, Horatia, Tom, Emily
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford
ReligionJudaism 
Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office11 June 1983 - 26 October 1989
Prime ministerMargaret Thatcher
Succeeded byJohn Major
Preceded byGeoffrey Howe
Secretary of State for Energy
In office14 September 1981 - 11 June 1983
Prime ministerMargaret Thatcher
Succeeded byPeter Walker
Preceded byDavid Howell
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office4 May 1979 - 14 September 1981
Prime ministerMargaret Thatcher
Succeeded byNicholas Ridley
Preceded byRobert Sheldon
In office28 February 1974 - 9 April 1992
Succeeded byAndrew Robathan
Preceded byConstituency established

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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 � 92, and served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the government of Margaret Thatcher from June 1983 to October 1989. He was made a life peer in 1992.

Lawson is the father of food writer and celebrity cook Nigella Lawson, and journalist Dominic Lawson.

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Mrs. Thatcher and Norman Tebbit confront Nigel Lawson about some liberties he's taken with this year's budget... Spitting Image is copyright Network DVD. Seasons 1-7 are available now!
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Part Two: www.youtube.com This documentary features live chess and interviews with Nigel Short, Raymond Keene, Daniel King, David Howell, Tony Miles, Viktor Kortschnoi, the young Polgar sisters, Kasparov, Morphy biographer Dominic Lawson, and British Junior Champion Sheila Dines.
14.98 min. | 4.89 user rating
Part Three:www.youtube.com This documentary features live chess and interviews with Nigel Short, Raymond Keene, Daniel King, David Howell, Tony Miles, Viktor Kortschnoi, the young Polgar sisters, Kasparov, Morphy biographer Dominic Lawson, and British Junior Champion Sheila Dines.
14.90 min. | 5.0 user rating
This documentary features live chess and interviews with Nigel Short, Raymond Keene, Daniel King, David Howell, Tony Miles, Viktor Kortschnoi, the young Polgar sisters, Kasparov, Morphy biographer Dominic Lawson, and British Junior Champion Sheila Dines.
14.12 min. | 5.0 user rating
Part Four: www.youtube.com This documentary features live chess and interviews with Nigel Short, Raymond Keene, Daniel King, David Howell, Tony Miles, Viktor Kortschnoi, the young Polgar sisters, Kasparov, Morphy biographer Dominic Lawson, and British Junior Champion Sheila Dines.
14.80 min. | 5.0 user rating
Opening remarks from Lord Nigel Lawson
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From 20 years ago. Some Thursday evening continuity from 1989 featuring the end of Nigel Lawson in conversation with Sir Robin Day (and of course, a month later, the end of Nigel Lawson as Chancellor!) into trailers for a special Conference Question Time and Friday Report with Maxwell Hutchinson, EastEnders. ALL COPYRIGHTS BBC TELEVISION ARCHIVE 1989
2.12 min. | 5.0 user rating
Part 2 of 2: On Newsnight Sir Gerry Robinson (businessman), Professor David Blanchflower (ex-Bank of England dork / Gordon Brown yes-man), and Lord (Nigel) Lawson (one time Tory chancellor in the 1980's), argue it out over the state of the UK's balance sheet, and what to do about the record breaking £2.5 Trillion deficit New Labour have run up. Shockingly of all, the ex Bank of England monetary policy committee member states that the money draining public sector SAVED the money generating private sector. No, I can't work it out either, I wanted to throw a chair at my TV. How did the money sapping public sector save the shrinking money generating private sector? With people like the professor on the Bank of England monetary committee, no wonder the UK is in such a f'cked position. Recorded from BBC Newsnight, 08 December 2009.
9.33 min. | 4.33 user rating

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Britain cannot afford this green madness - Daily Mail Tweet this news
Daily Mail--In a devastating analysis on these pages, in which he wisely calls for the suspension of the current UK policy, former chancellor -Nigel Lawson- says: 'It is curious, to say the least, that a government that came to power saying it wished - Date : Fri, 10 Jun 2011 21:11:42 GMT+00:00
Health check - New Statesman Tweet this news
New Statesman--George Osborne's decision to ring-fence the £105.9bn National Health Service budget has attracted criticism from figures as diverse as the Tory ex-chancellor -Nigel Lawson- and the former Labour health secretary Andy Burnham. They arg - Date : Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:53:44 GMT+00:00
Key High Speed 2 roadshows coming up - Bucks Free Press Tweet this news
Bucks Free Press--Business leaders such as Simon Wolfson, Chief Executive at Next, and ex-Chancellor -Nigel Lawson- recently added their weight to the 'no' campaign. They signed a letter, along with 19 other commerce chiefs recently, branding th - Date : Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:35:30 GMT+00:00
Key High Speed 2 roadshows coming up - Bucks Free Press Tweet this news
Bucks Free Press--Business leaders such as Simon Wolfson, Chief Executive at Next, and ex-Chancellor -Nigel Lawson- recently added their weight to the 'no' campaign. They signed a letter, along with 19 other commerce chiefs recently, branding th - Date : Sun, 17 Apr 2011 11:37:49 GMT+00:00
Lord Lawson says UK banking reform report 'not enough' - BBC News Tweet this news
BBC News--Lord Lawson is the former UK Finance Minister, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. As -Nigel Lawson-, he oversaw the liberalising of Britain's financial sector in the 1980s under the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher. Lord Lawson: I - Date : Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:55:21 GMT+00:00
From the archives: Nigel Lawson on the Euro - Spectator.co.uk Tweet this news
Spectator.co.uk--13 years ago, The Spectator carried an interview with -Nigel Lawson- in which he gave his views on the EU's Economic and Monetary Union - views that seem especially prophetic today. The -Nigel Lawson- Diet now seems to suit its inven - Date : Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:11:07 GMT+00:00
LET US HOPE THESE ARE THE DEATH THROES OF THE EURO - Express.co.uk Tweet this news
Express.co.uk--And so against her better judgment she acceded to the demands of her chancellor -Nigel Lawson-. What a disaster it turned out to be as we plunged into recession with an overvalued pound and lost billions in a vain attempt to shore up sterli - Date : Sat, 09 Apr 2011 01:07:18 GMT+00:00
Chicken chancellors, chubby cricketers and cattle-class Clegg - New Statesman Tweet this news
New Statesman---Nigel Lawson- went through the same exercise at the Treasury in 1987-88, with no result. Vince Cable's "mansion tax" - the Lib Dem manifesto proposed 1 per cent on houses worth over £2m - has already been ruled out - Date : Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:06:37 GMT+00:00
Who better to teach politics than a Miliband? - The Guardian Tweet this news
The Guardian--Young history students and (mostly) old power brokers - including David Owen, -Nigel Lawson- and David Miliband - rubbed shoulders and listened to the nonagenarian Denis Healey give his thoughts on the chancellorship. The man who helped the - Date : Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:31:09 GMT+00:00
The coalition is in a mess of its own making over the NHS - Spectator.co.uk Tweet this news
Spectator.co.uk--The NHS is, as -Nigel Lawson- once remarked, the new national religion of this country. This makes it difficult to discuss the subject in a rational matter and any attempt to reform it is likely to run into its own Pilgrimage of Grace as - Date : Sun, 03 Apr 2011 13:34:09 GMT+00:00

Media offices
Preceded by
Iain MacLeod
Editor of The Spectator
1966 - 1970
Succeeded by
George Gale
Parliament of the United Kingdom
New constituencyMember of Parliament for Blaby
1974 - 1992
Succeeded by
Andrew Robathan
Political offices
Preceded by
Robert Sheldon
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
1979 - 1981
Succeeded by
Nicholas Ridley
Preceded by
David Howell
Secretary of State for Energy
1981 - 1983
Succeeded by
Peter Walker
Preceded by
Geoffrey Howe
Chancellor of the Exchequer
1983 - 1989
Succeeded by
John Major
Second Lord of the Treasury
1983 - 1989

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