David Cameron Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
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
Signature
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 • Twitter
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.”

  

  David Cameron’s father

• 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.
  

  David Cameron’s school marks put him in second at Heatherdown prep

  

  David Cameron during a school play at Heatherdown prep

• 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.
  

  A photo of David Cameron from his college days

• 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.
  

  David Cameron’s memoir For the Record