The Prime Minister described party grandee and leading Brexiteer Nigel Lawson as an inspiration while Mr Johnson marked him as a giant of Tory politics.
On Twitter Nigella Lawson, 63, thanked her followers for their kind support. Nigella is one of Mr Lawson s six children alongside journalist Dominic Lawson and headmaster Tom Lawson.
Chancellor of the Exchequer between 1983 and 1989, Lawson championed lower personal taxes, wider share ownership and free market economics, forming the backbone of Thatcher’s vision for Britain