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John Major also established the National Lottery as a personal initiative which has provided billions of pounds for good causes.
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As Arts Minister Mr Renton strove for 18 months to persuade the Treasury that a national lottery would be a good thing.
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Tim Renton, who rarely used his first name of Ronald, was born in London. He won scholarships to
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As the 1992 election neared, Renton secured a manifesto commitment to set up a National Lottery
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which ran from 1992 until around 1997. He served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to
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Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
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Renton died from cancer at his home in Offham on 25 August 2020, aged 88.
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between 1990 and 1992. During this time, he came up with the idea of a
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In 1960, he married Alice Blanche Helen Fergusson, daughter of
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Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
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Baron Renton
The Right Honourable
PC
DL

Minister of State for the Arts
John Major
David Mellor
David Mellor
Secretary of State for National Heritage
Government Chief Whip
House of Commons
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
Margaret Thatcher
David Waddington
Richard Ryder
Minister of State for Immigration
Margaret Thatcher
David Waddington
Peter Lloyd
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Margaret Thatcher
Richard Luce
David Mellor
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Margaret Thatcher
Ray Whitney
Tim Eggar
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal

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