John Gummer - Early Life

Early Life

Son of a Church of England minister, Lord Deben is the brother of Lord Chadlington, one of the foremost players in the British PR industry. He studied at the King's School, Rochester before going on to read History at Selwyn College, Cambridge. Whilst there, as chairman of the Cambridge University Conservative Association and later President of the Cambridge Union Society, he was a member of what became known as the Cambridge Mafia – a group of future Conservative Cabinet ministers, including Leon Brittan, Michael Howard, Kenneth Clarke, Norman Lamont, and Norman Fowler.

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