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Encyclopedia > Samantha Cameron

Samantha Gwendoline Cameron (born 1971) is an English business executive and wife of the Conservative Party leader David Cameron. 1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK... A corporate officer or corporate executive is a manager or other similarly high-ranking officer in a corporation. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right-of-centre in the United Kingdom. ... Rt. ...


Biography

Born Samantha Gwendoline Sheffield, she is the eldest daughter of Sir Reginald Sheffield, 8th Baronet by his first marriage to Annabel Jones (now the Viscountess Astor). Her 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 the 4th Viscount Astor. She read Art at Bristol University. Annabel Lucy Veronica Astor, Viscountess Astor (born 1948) is an English socialite. ... Reuters Group plc LSE: RTR NASDAQ: RTRSY is best known as a news service that provides reports from around the world to newspapers and broadcasters. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... Enid Bagnold (October 27, 1889 – March 31, 1981) was a British author and playwright, best known for the 1935 story National Velvet, filmed in 1944 with Elizabeth Taylor. ... Hon. ... William Astor, 4th Viscount Astor (born 27 December 1951) is a British businessman and politician who sits as an elected hereditary peer in the House of Lords. ... The University of Bristol was founded in 1876 as the University College, Bristol. ...


She married David Cameron on 1 June 1996 in Oxfordshire. The couple have two children: Ivan and Nancy. Their first child was born with cerebral palsy and severe epilepsy. On 14 February 2006, she went into labour with her third child. June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from Latin Oxonia) is a county in south-east England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire. ... Cerebral palsy or CP is a group of permanent disorders associated with developmental brain injuries that occur during fetal development, birth, or shortly after birth. ... February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI in Roman) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


She is the creative director of Smythson of Bond Street, a stationery firm.


External link

BBC Profile: Samantha Cameron


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