David Heathcoat-Amory
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The Right Honourable David Heathcoat-Amory |
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| Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry | |
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In office 26 September 2000 – 14 September 2001 |
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| Leader | William Hague |
| Preceded by | Angela Browning |
| Succeeded by | John Whittingdale |
| Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury | |
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In office 19 June 1997 – 26 September 2000 |
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| Leader | William Hague |
| Preceded by | Alistair Darling |
| Succeeded by | Oliver Letwin |
| Paymaster General | |
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In office 20 July 1994 – 20 July 1996 |
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| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | Sir John Cope |
| Succeeded by | David Willetts |
| Minister of State for Europe | |
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In office 27 May 1993 – 20 July 1994 |
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| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | Tristan Garel-Jones |
| Succeeded by | David Davis |
| Treasurer of the Household | |
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In office 15 April 1992 – 27 May 1993 |
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| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | Alastair Goodlad |
| Succeeded by | Greg Knight |
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Member of Parliament for Wells |
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In office 9 June 1983 – 12 April 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Boscawen |
| Succeeded by | Tessa Munt |
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| Born | 21 March 1949 |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Linda Adams |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
David Philip Heathcoat-Amory (born 21 March 1949) is a British politician, accountant and farmer. He was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Wells from 1983 until he lost the seat in the 2010 general election. He became a member of the British Privy Council in 1996.
David Heathcoat-Amory is the son of British Army Brigadier Roderick Heathcoat-Amory, MC (son of Sir Ian Heathcoat-Amory, 2nd Baronet) and the nephew of Harold Macmillan's Chancellor of the Exchequer Derick Heathcoat-Amory. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, University of Oxford, where he received an MA in PPE. He was President of the Oxford University Conservative Association and was a contemporary of John Redwood, Robert Jackson, William Waldegrave, Edwina Currie, Stephen Milligan and Gyles Brandreth. He qualified as an accountant in 1974 and joined Price Waterhouse as a chartered accountant. In 1980, he was appointed as the assistant finance director of the British Technology Group (BTG) where he remained until he was elected to Parliament in 1983. He is also a farmer with employees.
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