For the Scottish Liberal MPs, see Sir Norman Lamont, 2nd Baronet and Norman Lamont (MP for Wells).
The Right Honourable
The Lord Lamont of Lerwick
PC
Official portrait, 2019
Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office 28 November 1990 – 27 May 1993
Prime Minister
John Major
Preceded by
John Major
Succeeded by
Kenneth Clarke
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
In office 24 July 1989 – 28 November 1990
Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by
John Major
Succeeded by
David Mellor
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office 21 May 1986 – 24 July 1989
Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by
John Moore
Succeeded by
Peter Lilley
Minister of State for Defence Procurement
In office 2 September 1985 – 21 May 1986
Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by
Adam Butler
Succeeded by
The Lord Trefgarne
Minister of State for Trade and Industry[1]
In office 14 September 1981 – 2 September 1985
Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by
Norman Tebbit
Succeeded by
Peter Morrison
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy
In office 7 May 1979 – 5 September 1981
Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by
Alex Eadie
Succeeded by
David Mellor
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 October 1998 Life peerage
Member of Parliament for Kingston-upon-Thames
In office 4 May 1972 – 8 April 1997
Preceded by
John Boyd-Carpenter
Succeeded by
Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born
Norman Stewart Hughson Lamont
(1942-05-08) 8 May 1942 (age 82) Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland
Political party
Conservative
Spouse
Rosemary White
(m. 1971; div. 1999)
Children
2
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.[2][3] He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1990 until 1993. He was created a life peer in 1998. Lamont was a supporter of the Eurosceptic organisation Leave Means Leave.[4]
^served as Minister of State for Industry until June 1983
^"Mr Norman Lamont". Hansard. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
^"Parliamentary career for Lord Lamont of Lerwick - MPs and Lords". UK Parliament. Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
^"Co-Chairmen - Political Advisory Board - Supporters". Leave Means Leave. Archived from the original on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
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