Margaret Thatcher’s Former Chancellor Nigel Lawson Dies at 91

Tributes for the Conservative grandee poured in from across the political divide on Tuesday

Then-Chancellor Nigel Lawson, applauded by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, at the end of his speech during the Conservative Party's annual conference in Brighton on Oct. 13, 1988. PA

Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s Chancellor, Lord Nigel Lawson, has died at the age of 91.

The former Conservative MP—whose political career lasted almost five decades—passed away on Monday.