Norman Tebbit
The Lord Tebbit CH PC | |
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Official portrait, 2020 | |
| Chairman of the Conservative Party | |
| In office 2 September 1985 – 13 June 1987 | |
| Leader | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | John Gummer |
| Succeeded by | Peter Brooke |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
| In office 2 September 1985 – 13 June 1987 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Gowrie |
| Succeeded by | Kenneth Clarke |
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| In office 16 October 1983 – 2 September 1985 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Cecil Parkinson |
| Succeeded by | Leon Brittan |
| Secretary of State for Employment | |
| In office 14 September 1981 – 16 October 1983 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Jim Prior |
| Succeeded by | Tom King |
| Minister of State for Industry | |
| In office 5 January 1981 – 14 September 1981 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | The Viscount Trenchard |
| Succeeded by | Norman Lamont |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade | |
| In office 4 May 1979 – 5 January 1981 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Michael Meacher |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Trefgarne |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
| Life peerage 9 July 1992 – 31 March 2022 | |
| Member of Parliament for Chingford Epping (1970–1974) | |
| In office 18 June 1970 – 16 March 1992 | |
| Preceded by | Stan Newens |
| Succeeded by | Iain Duncan Smith |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Norman Beresford Tebbit 29 March 1931 Ponders End, Middlesex, England |
| Died | 7 July 2025 (aged 94) Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse |
Margaret Daines
(m. 1956; died 2020) |
| Children | 3 |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch | Royal Air Force |
| Service years | 1950–1956 |
| Rank | Flying officer |
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Norman Beresford Tebbit, Baron Tebbit (29 March 1931 – 7 July 2025), was a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in Margaret Thatcher's Cabinet from 1981 to 1987 as Secretary of State for Employment (1981–1983), Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1983–1985), and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Chairman of the Conservative Party (1985–1987). He was a member of Parliament (MP) from 1970 to 1992, representing the constituencies of Epping (1970–1974) and Chingford (1974–1992).
In 1984, Tebbit was injured in the bombing of the Grand Hotel in Brighton, where he was staying during the Conservative Party Conference, by the Provisional IRA. His wife Margaret was left permanently disabled after the explosion.[1] He left the Cabinet following the 1987 general election to care for his wife.[2]
Tebbit considered standing for the Conservative leadership following Thatcher's resignation in 1990 but decided not to as he had earlier made a commitment to his wife to retire from front-line politics.[3] He did not seek re-election as MP for Chingford in 1992 and was given a life peerage as Baron Tebbit, of Chingford. He retired from the House of Lords in 2022.[4]
- ^ Ross, Deborah (23 October 2011). "Norman Tebbit: 'Margaret and I both made the same mistake. We neglected to clone ourselves". The Independent. Archived from the original on 21 June 2022.
- ^ Tebbit, p. 332.
- ^ "The New Statesman Interview – Norman Tebbit". New Statesman. Archived from the original on 23 November 2011.
- ^ "Retirement of a Member: Lord Tebbit". parliament.uk. Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 31 March 2022.