Norman Lamont Norman Lamont 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. He is best known for his period serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer, from 1990 until 1993. He was created a life peer in 1998. Lamont is a supporter of the Eurosceptic organisation Leave Means Leave. Lamont was born in Lerwick, in the Shetland Islands, where his father was the islands' surgeon. He was educated at Loretto School, Musselburgh, Scotland, and read Economics at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, where he was Chairman of the Cambridge University
John Smith (Chancellor of the Exchequer) election. He was then appointed to the lucrative post of Teller of the Exchequer. He refused to stand for Parliament at the 1713 general election, offended by suggestions that the ministry had him under control. His post of Teller of the Exchequer was renewed in 1714 and he held it for the rest of his life. Smith was returned as Member of Parliament for East Looe at the general elections in 1715 and 1722. Smith died on 2 October 1723 and was buried in the old church at South Tidworth. He and his second wife had four sons and three