Editing Norman Lamont (section)

==Early life==
Norman Stewart Hughson Lamont was born in [[Lerwick]], in the [[Shetland Islands]], on 8 May 1942, where his father Daniel Lamont OBE was the islands' [[surgeon]]. In 1953,<ref>''Grimsby Evening Telegraph'', 25 May 1976.</ref> he moved south with his parents to [[Grimsby]], [[Lincolnshire]], after his father took up a position at [[Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital|Scartho Road Infirmary]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/grimsby-news/norman-lamont-grimsby-brexit-regeneration-2600204 |title=Former Chancellor Norman Lamont on Brexit and the regeneration of Grimsby |last=Laister |first=David |date=1 March 2019 |website=The Grimsby Telegraph |access-date=29 January 2024 |archive-date=21 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521060619/https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/grimsby-news/norman-lamont-grimsby-brexit-regeneration-2600204 |url-status=live }}</ref> He was privately educated at [[Loretto School]], [[Musselburgh]], Scotland, and read economics at [[Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge]],<ref name=Independent1992>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/the-crisis-would-the-real-norman-lamont-please-stand-up-stephen-castle-attempts-to-pin-down-the-1555484.html |title=The Crisis: Would the real Norman Lamont please stand up? |last=Castle |first=Stephen |date=3 October 1992 |website=The Independent |access-date=24 May 2016 |archive-date=24 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924201044/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/the-crisis-would-the-real-norman-lamont-please-stand-up-stephen-castle-attempts-to-pin-down-the-1555484.html |url-status=live }}</ref> where he was Chairman of the [[Cambridge University Conservative Association]] and [[List of presidents of the Cambridge Union|President]] of the [[Cambridge Union Society]] in 1964.