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Marmon Group is an American industrial holding company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.Founded by Jay Pritzker and Robert Pritzker in 1953 (as Colson Corporation), it has been held by the Berkshire Hathaway group since 2013.
Born at Monidrain, in Argyllshire, Norman was the second son of Lord John Lamont. He became a Major in the 91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot, serving in the Battle of Waterloo. At the 1832 UK general election, he stood for the Whigs in Wells, winning the seat. In Parliament, he argued for the immediate abolition of slavery.
The original two-member borough constituency was created in 1295, and abolished by the Reform Act 1867 with effect from the 1868 general election.Its revival saw a more comparable size of electorate across the country and across Somerset, with a large swathe of the county covered by this new seat, under the plans of the third Reform Act and the connected Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 which ...
Norman Stewart Hughson Lamont, Baron Lamont of Lerwick, PC (born 8 May 1942) is a British politician and former Conservative MP for Kingston-upon-Thames. [2] [3] He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1990 until 1993. He was created a life peer in 1998. Lamont was a supporter of the Eurosceptic organisation Leave Means Leave. [4]
In a move to create a strong department store brand to add to Pay 'n Save's roster of brands, the stores were all converted to the Lamonts name in 1970. The new chain was named for and by M. Lamont Bean, the head of Pay 'n Save Corp. at the time. The Bell's moniker (hyphenated with Lamonts) remained attached to the Burien store until 1974. [5]
Despite his early support, Lamont believed the Second Italo-Abyssinian War begun in 1935 was outrageous. [3] On September 20, 1940, the fascist police shocked Lamont by arresting Giovanni Fummi, J.P. Morgan & Co.'s leading representative in Italy. [3] Lamont worked to secure Fummi's release. Fummi was released on October 1 and went to Switzerland.