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'''Norman Beresford Tebbit, Lord Tebbit of Chingford''' (born 29 March 1931) is a right-wing British politician. He was a key member of the second Thatcher government and was Secretary of State for Trade and Industry from 1983 to 1985 and chairman of the Conservative Party from 1985 to 1987. <ref>''Debrett's People of Today'', [http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/search/results/3889/Norman%20Beresford%20Tebbit%20TEBBIT.aspx The Rt Hon Lord Tebbit, CH, PC], [Accessed 5 January 2009]</ref>
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'''Norman Beresford Tebbit, Lord Tebbit of Chingford''' (born 29 March 1931) is a right-wing British politician. He was a key member of the second Thatcher government and was Secretary of State for Trade and Industry from 1983 to 1985 and chairman of the [[Conservative Party]] from 1985 to 1987. <ref>''Debrett's People of Today'', [http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/search/results/3889/Norman%20Beresford%20Tebbit%20TEBBIT.aspx The Rt Hon Lord Tebbit, CH, PC], [Accessed 5 January 2009]</ref>
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==Career==
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Tebbit worked as a journalist from 1947-49 and then joined the RAF for two years before spending a period working in publishing and advertising (1951-53). From 1953 to 1970 he worked as an airline pilot before being elected as a Conservative MP. <ref>''Debrett's People of Today'', [http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/search/results/3889/Norman%20Beresford%20Tebbit%20TEBBIT.aspx The Rt Hon Lord Tebbit, CH, PC], [Accessed 5 January 2009]</ref>
  
 
==Resources==
 
==Resources==

Revision as of 21:27, 5 January 2010

Norman Beresford Tebbit, Lord Tebbit of Chingford (born 29 March 1931) is a right-wing British politician. He was a key member of the second Thatcher government and was Secretary of State for Trade and Industry from 1983 to 1985 and chairman of the Conservative Party from 1985 to 1987. [1]

Career

Tebbit worked as a journalist from 1947-49 and then joined the RAF for two years before spending a period working in publishing and advertising (1951-53). From 1953 to 1970 he worked as an airline pilot before being elected as a Conservative MP. [2]

Resources

Glasgow University Media Group [On Norman Tebbit] 'Columnlist', The List, 14-27 November 1986

Notes

  1. Debrett's People of Today, The Rt Hon Lord Tebbit, CH, PC, [Accessed 5 January 2009]
  2. Debrett's People of Today, The Rt Hon Lord Tebbit, CH, PC, [Accessed 5 January 2009]