Sir John William Frederic Nott KCB [1] (born 1 February 1932 in Bideford, Devon) is a former British Conservative Party politician prominent in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Their daughter, Sasha, is a journalist married to the former MP for East Devon, Hugo Swire, Baron Swire, and published controversial diaries about life as a parliamentarian's wife in the early 21st century. We use cookies to collect information about how you use the Charity Commission Register of Charities and Digital Services, such as pages you visit. Nott died at Bristol in 1825, aged seventy-four, and was interred in the old burial-ground at Clifton. John Nott’s career in politics and business has given him a unique perspective on some of the key events in British public life during the latter part of the twentieth century and on the revolution which has taken place in the affairs of the City of London.

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Nott offered his resignation to Margaret Thatcher the invasion but unlike, Lord Carrington, he was persuaded to stay on for the duration of the conflict. Nott has composed one of the best memoirs of the era; it is likely to become an essential source for future historians of that period. Unless stated otherwise, all images on this site are © Royal College of Physicians, photography by Mike Fear. When I heard that he was resigning I offered my resignation too because although I had had nothing to do with the negotiations with Argentina, it was after all British territory and it had been invaded by an enemy. He became one of Margaret Thatcher's chief lieutenants and was appointed Trade Secretary in her first Cabinet.

When I was alone with her later in the evening I expressed my scepticism about the possibility of such an exercise. He was also Deputy Chairman of Royal Insurance PLC from 1986 to 1989 (Director, 1985-91) and Director of Record Treasury Management plc from 1991. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. But he has had several careers - firstly in the Army, then as a politician, then as head of an investment bank, then as chairman of a food manufacturing company, and now he has "retired" and farms in the west country. Nott's autobiography Here Today, Gone Tomorrow is a reference to the infamous interview conducted by Sir Robin Day in October 1982.

Subjects include: Admiral Sir Charles Lambe; Davis's view of Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Mountbatten of Burma, including an extract from Davis's 1974 diary about him; opinions of Sir Winston Churchill, Field Marsha 1st Lord Slim and Field Marshal 1st Lord Montgomery of Alamein; the loss of HMSS Prince of Wales and Repulse, 1941; Roskill's dispute with his fellow-historian Arthur Marder; views of the wartime admirals, particularly Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Cunningham; the results of the. In 1968, he was one of the few MPs to vote against the Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1968, thinking it "disgraceful that people who had British passports should have them taken away".

Nott served in the early 1970s government of Prime Minister Ted Heath as a junior Treasury minister. He was eventually replaced by Michael Heseltine in January 1983 when Nott announced he would not seek re-election in 1983. Before going to university, Nott served as a Lieutenant in the 2nd Gurkha Rifles during the Malayan emergency, (1952-56). He then went up to Trinity College from 1957 to 1959 to read Law and Economics and was also President of the Cambridge Union in his final year.In his short time at the MoD he had instituted savage cuts on the military in general and the Royal Navy in particular.

His review of the Royal Navy leaving the door open to the Argentine Junta whom it was known were unpredictable, in a financial/domestic mess and with a prediliction for claiming the Falklands through force. Epidemiologists have won the trust of policy makers and the general public to define public health crises, such as infectious diseases, chronic conditions and 'unhealthy' lifestyles. I think this is the first insider's account of the decisions and tensions arising in what must have been Great Britain's last colonial war.

It is the awkward passion not the mellow recollection which renders this an outstanding autobiography. Margaret Thatcher's defence secretary Sir John Nott suspends Tory membership because of 'poisonous' EU campaign". The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Besides, without a ship to move them around, the Royal Marines' strategic abilities to deal with issues on South Georgia or even to West Falkland would have been severely compromised. But within 24 hours, 48 hours, the chiefs of staff had looked at the position and come to view that this was viable proposal.