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'''Samantha |
'''Samantha Windolene Cameron''' (née '''Sheffield''', born 18 April 1971)<ref>{{cite web|last=McDougall |first=Linda |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/conservative/3088625/Tory-party-conference-Is-Samantha-Cameron-ready-for-the-spotlight.html |title=Report on Samantha Cameron in ''The Telegraph'' |publisher=Telegraph.co.uk |date=2008-09-26 |accessdate=2010-04-16}}</ref> is a [[British people|British]] [[corporate officer|business executive]] and wife of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] leader and [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]], [[David Cameron]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Odone |first=Cristina |url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/cristinaodone/100030932/samantha-cameron-pregnant-with-sam-cam-expecting-a-baby-in-september-the-tories-are-unbeatable/ |title=Samantha Cameron pregnant: with Sam Cam expecting a baby in September, the Tories are unbeatable – Telegraph Blogs |publisher=Blogs.telegraph.co.uk |date=2010-03-22 |accessdate=2010-04-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Reporter |first=Staff |url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2902475/Samantha-Cameron-is-pregnant.html?OTC-RSS&ATTR=News |title=Samantha Cameron is pregnant | The Sun |News |publisher=The Sun |date=2010-03-22 |accessdate=2010-04-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/election-2010/7430695/Sam-Cam-tells-how-she-fell-for-Dave-the-politician.html |title=Sam Cam tells how she fell for 'Dave the politician' |publisher=Telegraph |date=2010-03-13 |accessdate=2010-04-16}}</ref> She is the creative director of [[Smythson]] of [[Bond Street]], a [[stationery|stationery firm]]. |
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Samantha Cameron | |
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 HORSEY HORSEY | |
| Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | |
| Assumed office 11 May 2010 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Sarah Brown |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Samantha Gwendoline Sheffield 18 April 1971 North Lincolnshire, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | David Cameron (m.1996–present) |
| Children | Ivan Reginald Ian (deceased) Nancy Gwen Arthur Elwen |
| Residence | 10 Downing Street |
| Alma mater | University of the West of England |
Samantha Windolene Cameron (née Sheffield, born 18 April 1971)[1] is a British business executive and wife of the Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron.[2][3][4] She is the creative director of Smythson of Bond Street, a stationery firm.
Early life
Cameron is the eldest daughter of Sir Reginald Adrian Berkeley Sheffield, 8th Baronet (a landowner and three times a descendant from King Charles II of England) and his first wife Annabel Lucy Veronica Jones. Samantha's parents divorced after five years of marriage. Her mother remarried, to William Astor, 4th Viscount Astor, a Minister in John Major's government, and is now styled as Viscountess Astor.
Samantha grew up on the 300 acre (121 hectare) estate of Normanby Hall,[5] five miles (8 km) north of Scunthorpe in North Lincolnshire. Her family also owns a large Yorkshire estate called Sutton Park. She went to the private School of St Helen and St Katharine in Abingdon, Oxfordshire[6] and then took her A levels at Marlborough College in Wiltshire. She did an art foundation at Camberwell College of Arts and then went on to study Fine Art at Bristol Polytechnic (now the University of the West of England). It was while she was a student there that she met David Cameron through her acquaintance with his sister, Clare Cameron.
Family
Samantha Sheffield and David Cameron married on 1 June 1996 in Oxfordshire. The couple have had three children, the eldest of whom died: Ivan Reginald Ian (born 8 April 2002 Hammersmith and Fulham, London – died 25 February 2009, Paddington, London); Nancy Gwen (born 19 January 2004, Westminster, London) and Arthur Elwen (born 14 February 2006, Westminster, London).[7] Ivan was born with a rare combination of cerebral palsy and severe epilepsy and died at the age of six at St Mary's Hospital, London in the early hours of the morning of 25 February 2009.[8] She is expecting a fourth child in September 2010.[9]
Work and politics
Her work as the head of Smythson of Bond Street has recently won her a British Glamour Magazine Award for Best Accessory Designer. She has been noted as turning the company around and establishing it as a fashionable and popular brand. She also worked as a spokesperson for Shiatzy Chen.[10]
During March 2010, the Daily Mail reported that Samantha Cameron may have voted for Tony Blair's Labour party, and that she may vote for Gordon Brown in the general election to be held in 2010, following comments made by Shadow Arts Minister, Ed Vaizey to Andrew Rawnsley during the making of a documentary for Channel 4.[11] However, a Conservative spokesman issued a statement to blogger Iain Dale, stating that "The Mail on Sunday story is not true. Sam has never voted Labour and never will. She took five weeks off work to campaign for the Tories in Stafford in the 97 election".[12] Samantha Cameron then issued her own statement "I did not vote for Tony Blair in 1997 and I have never voted Labour".[13]
Cameron is credited with coming up with the phrase "There is such a thing as society, it's just not the same thing as the state",[13] which has been said several times by David Cameron, including in his victory speech following his victory in the Conservative party leadership election in 2005.[14] This is a reference to Margaret Thatcher's often misquoted phrase "There is no such thing as society".[15]
She was once described by her husband in an interview as "very unconventional. She went to a day school."[16]
Ancestry
Cameron's maternal great-grandparents were Sir Roderick Jones (a Chairman of Reuters) and the novelist Enid Bagnold. Both her mother and maternal grandmother, Pandora Clifford, married a member of the Astor family (Pandora was the second wife of Michael Astor). Her stepfather is William Astor, 4th Viscount Astor. Her grandfather, Sir William Mount, was MP for South Berkshire, which he inherited from his father, also William Mount. Her cousin is Sir Ferdinand Mount who was head of Margaret Thatcher's policy unit in the 1980s.
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References
- ^ McDougall, Linda (2008-09-26). "Report on Samantha Cameron in ''The Telegraph''". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-04-16.
- ^ Odone, Cristina (2010-03-22). "Samantha Cameron pregnant: with Sam Cam expecting a baby in September, the Tories are unbeatable – Telegraph Blogs". Blogs.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-04-16.
- ^ Reporter, Staff (2010-03-22). "Samantha Cameron is pregnant | The Sun |News". The Sun. Retrieved 2010-04-16.
- ^ "Sam Cam tells how she fell for 'Dave the politician'". Telegraph. 2010-03-13. Retrieved 2010-04-16.
- ^ Gammell, Caroline (2010-05-12). "Samantha Cameron is youngest 'First Lady' for half a century". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "The First Wives' Club: Miriam and Samantha wake up to a very new role in life". Daily Mail. 2010-05-12. Retrieved 2010-05-12.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Births England and Wales 1984-2006". Findmypast.com. Retrieved 2010-04-16.
- ^ "Cameron's eldest son Ivan dies". BBC News. 25 February 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2009.
- ^ "David Cameron's wife Samantha pregnant". BBC News. 22 March 2010.
- ^ glamourmagazine.co.uk/Glamour Award Winners 2009
- ^ Walters, Simon. "Mrs Cameron 'might have voted Labour': Source suggests Tory leader's wife voted for Blair... and might vote for Brown | Mail Online". Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-04-16.
- ^ 10:45 PM (2010-03-06). "Iain Dale's Diary: SamCam Does NOT Vote Labour!". Iaindale.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2010-04-16.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Sparrow, Andrew. "Tories red-faced after 'Samantha for Labour' gaffe | Politics". The Guardian. Retrieved 2010-04-16.
- ^ "UK | UK Politics | In full: Cameron victory speech". BBC News. 2005-12-06. Retrieved 2010-04-16.
- ^ "Interview for Woman's Own ("no such thing as society") | Margaret Thatcher Foundation". Margaretthatcher.org. Retrieved 2010-04-16.
- ^ "Spectactor article".
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