<Tr> <Th> Education </Th> <Td> Eton College </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Alma mater </Th> <Td> Trinity College, Oxford </Td> </Tr> <P> Jacob William Rees - Mogg (born 24 May 1969) is a British politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Somerset since the general election of 2010 . A member of the Conservative Party, his views have been characterised as socially conservative and as on the hard - right of the party . </P> <P> Rees - Mogg was born in Hammersmith, London, and educated at Eton College . He then studied History at Trinity College, Oxford, and was President of the Oxford University Conservative Association . He worked in the City of London for Lloyd George Management until 2007, then co-founded a hedge fund management business, Somerset Capital Management LLP . Rees - Mogg has amassed a significant fortune: in 2016, he and his wife had a combined net worth estimated at more than £ 100 million . Moving into politics, he unsuccessfully contested the 1997 and 2001 general elections before being elected as the MP for North East Somerset in 2010 . He was re-elected in 2015 and 2017 . Within the Conservative Party, he joined the traditionalist and socially conservative Cornerstone Group . </P>

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