Tony Blair

Quick Facts

Full Name	Tony Blair
Occupation	World Leader
Date Of Birth	May 6, 1953(1953-05-06)
Age	71
Birthplace	Edinburgh
Country	Scotland
Horoscope	Taurus

Tony Blair Biography

Tony Blair is one of the most popular and richest World Leader who was born on May 6, 1953 in Edinburgh, Scotland. British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and was a staunch U.S. ally during the War on Terror. Forty-three years old when he was elected, he was the youngest Prime Minister of the UK since

1812. He was also the Labour Party’s longest-serving Prime Minister.

He became Prime Minister of Britain in 1997 after the terms of John Major and Margaret Thatcher.

Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. After his resignation, he was appointed Special Envoy of the Quartet on the Middle East, an office which he held until

2015. He currently runs the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change.

Blair’s first relocation was when he was nineteen months old. At the end of 1954, Blair’s parents and their two sons moved from Paisley Terrace to Adelaide, South Australia. His father lectured in law at the University of Adelaide. It was when in Australia that Blair’s sister Sarah was born. The Blairs lived in the suburb of Dulwich close to the university. The family returned to the United Kingdom in the summer of 1958. They lived for a time with Hazel’s mother and stepfather (William McClay) at their home in Stepps on the outskirts of north-east Glasgow. Blair’s father accepted a job as a lecturer at Durham University, and thus moved the family to Durham, England. Aged five, this marked the beginning of a long association Blair was to have with Durham.

His father, Leo Blair, was a law lecturer at the University of Durham. He married Cherie Blair in 1980 and he has three sons named Euan, Nicky, and Leo and a daughter named Kathryn.

Tony Blair Net Worth

Tony Blair is one of the richest World Leader from Scotland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tony Blair 's net worth $60 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He lived in Australia for a few years while his father was a professor there.

He resigned from office in 2007 after his popularity dropped significantly because of public disapproval of the Iraq War, which many feel he misled Parliament about.

Anthony Charles Lynton Blair was born at Queen Mary Maternity Home in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 6 May 1953. He was the second son of Leo and Hazel (née Corscadden) Blair. Leo Blair was the illegitimate son of two entertainers and was adopted as a baby by Glasgow shipyard worker James Blair and his wife, Mary. Hazel Corscadden was the daughter of George Corscadden, a butcher and Orangeman who moved to Glasgow in 1916. In 1923, he returned to (and later died in) Ballyshannon, County Donegal. In Ballyshannon, Corscadden’s wife, Sarah Margaret (née Lipsett), gave birth above the family’s grocery shop to Blair’s mother, Hazel.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Tony Blair Dating?

According to our records, Tony Blair married to Cherie Blair. As of December 1, 2023, Tony Blair’s is not dating anyone.

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Blair married Cherie Booth, a Roman Catholic, who would later become a Queen’s Counsel, on 29 March 1980. They have four children: Euan, Nicholas, Kathryn, and Leo. Leo, delivered by the Royal Surgeon/Gynaecologist Marcus Setchell, was the first legitimate child born to a serving Prime Minister in over 150 years – since Francis Russell was born to Lord John Russell on 11 July 1849. All four children have Irish passports, by virtue of Blair’s mother, Hazel Elizabeth Rosaleen Corscaden (1923–1975). The family’s primary residence is in Connaught Square; the Blairs own eight residences in total.

Facts & Trivia

Tony Ranked on the list of most popular World Leader. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Scotland. Tony Blair celebrates birthday on May 6 of every year.

In his maiden speech in the House of Commons on 6 July 1983, Blair stated, “I am a socialist not through reading a textbook that has caught my intellectual fancy, nor through unthinking tradition, but because I believe that, at its best, socialism corresponds most closely to an existence that is both rational and moral. It stands for cooperation, not confrontation; for fellowship, not fear. It stands for equality.”

Why did Tony Blair resign?

Labour’s overall majority at the 2005 general election was reduced from 167 to 66 seats. As a combined result of the Blair–Brown pact, Iraq war and low approval ratings, pressure built up within the Labour Party for Blair to resign.

What did Tony Blair accomplish?

During his first term as Prime Minister, Blair raised taxes; introduced a National Minimum Wage and some new employment rights; introduced significant constitutional reforms; promoted new rights for gay people in the Civil Partnership Act 2004; and signed treaties integrating the UK more closely with the EU.

How did Margaret Thatcher leave office?

She resigned as prime minister and party leader in 1990, after a challenge was launched to her leadership. After retiring from the Commons in 1992, she was given a life peerage as Baroness Thatcher (of Kesteven in the County of Lincolnshire) which entitled her to sit in the House of Lords.

Who was the longest serving Prime Minister?

The prime minister with the longest single term was Sir Robert Walpole, lasting 20 years and 315 days from 3 April 1721 until 11 February 1742. This is also longer than the accumulated terms of any other prime minister.

What did Blair do for the NHS?

Blair came to power famously promising to save the NHS. He feared public support would vanish without reform. In a sense, he succeeded, as it is David Cameron who has finally had to force his party to accept a free tax funded NHS with no flirtations with top-up payments or private insurance.