Contact details
Westminster
House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353
Biography
Electoral history
Contested Kingston-upon-Hull East 1970 general election. MP (Conservative) for Kingston-upon-Thames 1972 by-election to 1997
Parliamentary career
PPS to Norman St John Stevas as Minister for the Arts 1974;
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Energy 1979-81;
Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry 1981-85;
Minister for Defence Procurement, Ministry of Defence 1985-86;
HM Treasury 1986-93:
Financial Secretary 1986-89,
Chief Secretary 1989-90,
Chancellor of the Exchequer 1990-93;
Contested Harrogate and Knaresborough 1997 general election
Party groups
Bruges Group:
Vice-President 1994-2003,
Co-chair 2003-07
Political interests
Economics, European Union, foreign affairs
Countries of interest
Chile, Iran, Middle East, Romania
Name, style and title
Raised to the peerage as Baron Lamont of Lerwick, of Lerwick in the Shetland Islands 1998
Register of Interests
1: Directorships
Rocklea Ltd (company owned by Member providing his consulting services and media work: see category 4(a); payment is made to Rocklea Ltd for work the Member does as a Director of iO Adria Limited and Compagnie Internationale de Participation Bancaires et Financieres; and for consultancy work the Member does for Pasco Risk Management Limited and Halkin Investments; income from all speaking engagements is also paid to Rocklea Ltd (see category 2))
Chairman, Small Companies Dividend Trust
Chairman, iO Adria Limited (leisure services in Croatia)
Director, Compagnie Internationale de Participations Bancaires et Financieres (Investment Company) (partly paid through Fintrade)
Director, Jupiter Second Split Trust plc
Director, Phorm Inc (personalisation technologies)
Director, Stanhope Gate Developments
2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc.
Member, Investments Advisory Board, Halkin Investments
Speaking engagement, 13 March 2012, FIX Protocol
Speaking engagement, 26 March 2012, ACCA
Speaking engagement, 18 April 2012, DST Global Solutions
Speaking engagement, 26 April 2012, Credit Agricole
Speaking engagement, 2 May 2012, Guernsey Funds Forum
Speaking engagement, 15 May 2012, Boisdale (restaurants)
Speaking engagement, 16 May 2012, Fishburns LLP
Speaking engagement, 24 May 2012, Deloitte North West Financial Services
Speaking engagement, 28 May 2012, Landmark Wholesale Conference
Speaking engagement, 31 May 2012, St James's Place
Member, Advisory Board, Pasco Risk Management Limited
Speaking engagement, 17 September 2012, Euroclear
Member, Advisory Board, Abraaj Corporation (private equity manager)
Speaking engagement, 25 September 2012, RBS
Speaking engagement, 27 September 2012, Johnston Press
Speaking engagement, 9 October 2012, Clyde & Co
Speaking engagement, 10 October 2012, Towers Watson
Adviser, Mutual Finance
Two speaking engagements in Australia for CPA Australia, 16 October and 24 October 2012; in addition to the remuneration, CPA Australia also met the costs of accommodation and travel relating to these engagements
Speaking engagement, 8 November 2012, South London Business
Speaking engagement, 14 November 2012, UBS
Speaking engagement, 16 November 2012, CPA Australia (in London)
Speaking engagement, 29 November 2012, Henderson Global Investors
Speaking engagement, 18 December 2012, Troy Asset Management
Speaking engagement, 24 January 2013, Stanhope Capital LLP
Speaking engagement, 25 January 2013, Chartered Institute of Investment
Speaking engagement, 12 February 2013, The Society of the Four Arts, USA; accommodation and travel costs relating to this engagement also met by The Society of the Four Arts
4: Shareholdings (a)
Sole owner, Rocklea Ltd (company providing Member's consulting services and media work)
10: Non-financial interests (a)
Chairman, British-Iranian Chamber of Commerce
President, British Romanian Chamber of Commerce
10: Non-financial interests (c)
Member, Advisory Board, Iran Heritage Foundation
10: Non-financial interests (d)
Vice President, Bruges Group