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Nigel Lawson

1932 - 2023

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Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby, (11 March 1932 – 3 April 2023) was a British politician and journalist. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Member of Parliament for Blaby in Leicestershire from 1974 to 1992, and served in Margaret 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 Chancellor of the Exchequer in June 1983 and served until his resignation in October 1989. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2024). Nigel Lawson is the 17,277th most popular politician (down from 16,291st in 2024), the 5,507th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,775th in 2019) and the 633rd most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, Nigel Lawson ranks 17,277 out of 19,576. Before him are William R. Day, Rab Butler, Richard Ferrand, Leonard Wood, Leri Khabelov, and Alejandro Mayorkas. After him are Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Ousmane Sonko, Vladimir Makei, Mile Isaković, William Eustis, and Boris Nadezhdin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Nigel Lawson ranks 524. Before him are Mark Murphy, Donna Douglas, Henry Taylor, W. Morgan Sheppard, Gennadiy Shatkov, and Angela Mortimer. After him are Mae Faggs, Robert L. Forward, Robert Reed, Gay Talese, Lamar Hunt, and Malcolm Bradbury. Among people deceased in 2023, Nigel Lawson ranks 513. Before him are Peter-Michael Kolbe, Richard Moll, Helena Pilejczyk, Bert I. Gordon, Dimitrie Popescu, and Carole Cook. After him are Shiro Hashizume, Agneta Andersson, Ron Cephas Jones, Odd Børre, Bill Hayden, and Hamish Harding.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Nigel Lawson ranks 5,509 out of 8,785. Before him are Giles Gilbert Scott (1880), John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (1792), Richard K. Morgan (1965), Kelly Johnson (1958), Polly Samson (1962), and Harry Johnston (1858). After him are David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (1905), Harry Wilson (1997), Alfie Allen (1986), Leslie Bricusse (1931), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (1967), and David Thompson (1770).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Nigel Lawson ranks 633. Before him are Denis Healey (1917), Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742), John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence (1811), Malcolm MacDonald (1901), Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone (1854), and John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (1792). After him are George Lansbury (1859), Edmund Andros (1637), Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford (1868), Thomas Norton (1532), Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi (1971), and Tebbs Lloyd Johnson (1900).

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