David Cameron Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography
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Wife: Samantha Cameron
Age: 57 Years
Father: Ian Donald Cameron
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Full Name | David William Donald Cameron |
Nickname(s) | • Dave • Dave the Chameleon • Flashman |
Profession | Politician |
Physical Stats | |
Height (approx.) | 6' 1" (185 cm) |
Eye Colour | Blue |
Hair Colour | Brown |
Politics | |
Political Party | Conservative |
Political Journey | 1988-1993 • Worked for the Conservative Research Department 1992 • Became special adviser to Norman Lamont, the chancellor of the exchequer. 1993 • Became special adviser to Home Secretary Michael Howard 1997 • Ran unsuccessfully for a parliamentary seat from Stafford 2001 • Became a member of Parliament (MP) representing the town of Witney, in Oxfordshire, and served as a member of the Home Affairs Select Committee 2003 • Appointed shadow deputy leader in the House of Commons 2005 • Appointed shadow education secretary • Elected leader of the Conservative Party on 6 December 2010 • Queen Elizabeth II invited him to be the new Prime Minister on 11 May after Gordon Brown’s resignation. Cameron announced his intent to form a coalition government with the Liberal Democrat party 2015 • Cameron and his Conservative Party claim an outright majority in Parliament on 7 May 2016 • Announced his resignation on 24 June after the UK vote to leave the European Union • Resigned on 13 July; Theresa May replaced him • Announced his decision to stand down immediately as a member of parliament on 12 September 2023 • Became the UK Foreign Secretary on 13 May, following the firing of Home Secretary Suella Braverman |
Major Acts | • Fixed Term Parliaments Act 2010 • Academies Act 2010 • Education Act 2011 • Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 • Succession to the Crown Act 2013 |
Personal Life | |
Date of Birth | 9 October 1966 (Sunday) |
Age (as of 2023) | 57 Years |
Birthplace | Marylebone, London, England |
Zodiac sign | Libra |
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Nationality | British |
Hometown | London, England |
School | Heatherdown School, Berkshire, England |
College/University | • Brasenose College, Oxford, England • Eton College, Berkshire, England |
Educational Qualification | BA degree (First-class honours) |
Religion | Christianity (Anglicanism) |
Ethnicity | Scottish, Welsh, and English |
Food Habit | Non-vegetarian |
Address | West Oxfordshire Conservative Association, Waterloo House, 58-60 High Street, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 6HJ |
Hobbies | Playing Lawn Tennis, Cooking, Chillaxing, Writing |
Controversies | • Criticism for Yorkshire 'hate' joke In 2015, he received criticisms after he was heard saying Yorkshire people "hate each other", while rehearsing a speech. [1]BBC • Criticised over migrant 'swarm' language In July 2015, he was heavily criticised for calling migrants trying to reach Britain as a "swarm." While talking about the Calais crisis, he said, "A swarm of people coming across the Mediterranean, seeking a better life, wanting to come to Britain because Britain has got jobs, it's got a growing economy, it's an incredible place to live." [2]BBC • Panama Paper Leaks In 2016, his name appeared in Panama Paper Leaks following which he admitted he benefited from a Panama-based offshore trust set up by his late father. [3]The Guardian |
Social Media | • Facebook |
Relationships & More | |
Marital Status | Married |
Marriage Date | 1 June 1996 |
Marriage Place | Church of St. Augustine of Canterbury, East Hendred, England |
Family | |
Wife/Spouse | Samantha Cameron (businesswoman; fashion and accessory designer) |
Children | Sons- 2 • Arthur Elwen Cameron (born 2006) • Ivan Reginald Ian Cameron (born 2002; died of cerebral palsy in 2009) Daughters- 2 • Florence Rose Endellion Cameron (born 2010) • Nancy Gwen Cameron (born 2004) |
Parents | Father- Ian Donald Cameron (stockbroker) (died of a stroke in September 2010; he was 77) Mother- Mary Fleur Cameron (served as a Justice of the Peace for 30 years) |
Siblings | Brother- 1 • Alexander Cameron Sisters- 2 • Tania Rachel Cameron • Clare Louise Cameron |
Favourites | |
Leader | Nelson Mandela |
Food | Spicy sausage pasta |
Book | Goodbye To All That by Robert Graves |
Style Quotient | |
Car Collection | Honda CR-V, Nissan Micra |
Money Factor | |
Assets/Properties | • A lavish Cotswolds cottage (cost around £1.5m) • A residential property in in Cornwall (cost around £2million) • A London home in Notting Hill |
Net Worth (approx.) | £40million (as of 2023) |
Some Lesser Known Facts About David Cameron
- David Cameron is a descendant of King William IV.
- He was the 12th prime minister to take office during Queen Elizabeth II’s reign.
- He was the first Conservative (Tory) Prime Minister since John Major in 1997.
- David Cameron is known for his economically liberal and socially liberal policies.
- His father, Ian, was born with both legs deformed. Ian died in 2010. David often called his father a hero, role model, and inspiration. Cameron once talked about his father’s leg condition and said,
Sitting down he looked six foot three, standing up he was five foot eight. But he never let it affect him in any way.”
- Cameron’s father married his mother, Mary Mount, the daughter of a Berkshire County family, in 1962.
- After he spent the first three years of his life in Kensington and Chelsea, the family moved to an old rectory near Newbury, in Berkshire in 1966.
- His great-great-grandfather, Alexander Geddes, built the Blairmore.
- He did his schooling at two private schools. Due to his good marks, he was promoted to the top class at Heatherdown School in Winkfield two years earlier.
- Soon after entering Eton College, he was caught smoking cannabis and was fined.
- While studying at Eton, he sprained his ankle dancing to bagpipes on a school trip to Rome.
- He left Eton in 1984 and started working as a researcher for Tim Rathbone, then Conservative MP for Lewes.
- His father later employed him as a ‘ship jumper’ in Hong Kong, where he worked for three months.
- While he was returning from Hong Kong, two KGB agents reportedly approached him.
- He later attended Brasenose College, Oxford, where his tutor Vernon Bogdanor described him as “one of the ablest” students he had taught.
- Cameron captained Brasenose College’s tennis team.
- While studying at Oxford, Cameron became a member of the Bullingdon Club. Boris Johnson was also a member of the club. In 2009, Channel 4 premiered a docu-drama, When Boris Met Dave, examining Cameron’s association with the club.
- Cameron has consistently dodged the question of whether he took drugs at university.
- After graduating from Oxford, Cameron joined the Conservative Research department, where he worked for Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her successor John Major.
- He later worked at the Treasury and Home Office as a special adviser.
- In 1994, he joined the media company Carlton Communications, where he worked as Head of corporate affairs for seven years.
- In 2001, he became MP for Witney and within four years he was elected as Conservative Party Leader.
- On 11 May 2010, during the global financial crisis, he became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, making him the youngest Prime Minister to have taken office since 1812.
- On 26 September 2012, he appeared on the “Late Show with David Letterman.”
- In January 2017, he became president of Alzheimer’s Research UK.
- In March 2018, British media reported that Cameron had become a paid consultant to Illumina, a US-based genomics company, and was serving as vice chairman of an investment fund, the UK-China fund.
- In September 2019, he published his memoir, For the Record.
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