British Conservative Politics And David Cameron

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Family History

1. David Cameron's full name is David William Donald Cameron.

2. He was born 9 October 1966 in London, and raised at Peasemore in Berkshire and has a brother, Alec and two sisters, Tania and Clare.

3. David Cameron is the son of stockbroker Ian Donald Cameron who was born Blairmore School near Huntly in Scotland, built by his great-great-grandfather, Alexander Geddes who had made a fortune in the grain business in Chicago and had returned to Scotland in the 1880s.

4. His father was a director of estate agent John D Wood, and the stockbrokers Panmure Gordon, where his grandfather and great-grandfather also worked.

5. His mother is Mary Fleur Mount is daughter of Sir William Mount, 2nd Baronet.

6. The Cameron family were originally from the Inverness area of the Scottish Highlands and have a long history in finance. His great-grandfather, Arthur Francis Levita and great-great-grandfather Sir Ewen Camero played key roles in discussions led by the Rothschilds with the Japanese central banker (later Prime Minister) Takahashi Korekiyo concerning the selling of war bonds during the Russo-Japanese war.

7. One of Cameron's ancestors is King William IV (1765-1837), uncle of Queen Victoria. Cameron is also a direct descendant of King William IV.

8. David Cameron is also the nephew of Sir William Dugdale, once the chairman of Aston Villa Football Club, and Birmingham-born documentary film-maker Joshua Dugdale is his cousin.

Career and Education

1. David Cameron has been leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition in the United Kingdom since December 2005.

2. He studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford, gaining a first class honours degree.

3. David Cameron joined the Conservative Research Department and became Special Adviser to Norman Lamont, and then to Michael Howard. He was Director of Corporate Affairs at Carlton Communications for seven years.

4. He was elected as the Member of Parliament for the Oxfordshire constituency of Witney in 2001.

5. Two years later David Cameron was promoted to the Opposition front bench, and rose rapidly to become head of policy co-ordination during the 2005 general election campaign.

6. In 2005 he won the Conservative leadership election.

7. Under Cameron's leadership the Conservatives have been consistently ahead of Labour in the polls.