Overview

• Lord Tebbit died peacefully at his home in Bury St Edmunds on July 7, aged 94, his son William confirmed.
• He served under Margaret Thatcher as employment secretary, trade secretary, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and party chairman before leaving the Commons in 1992.
• Tebbit endured life-threatening injuries in the Provisional IRA’s 1984 Brighton hotel bombing, which also left his wife paralysed.
• After becoming a life peer in 1992, he sat in the House of Lords until his retirement in 2022.
• Tributes from leaders across the political spectrum praised his conviction in free-market reforms and unwavering public service.