Charles Kerr, 1st Baron Teviot
Appearance
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Spouses | Muriel Constance Canning
(m. 1911; div. 1930)Florence Villiers
(m. 1930) |
Children | Charles Kerr, 2nd Baron Teviot |
Charles Iain Kerr, 1st Baron Teviot, DSO, MC (3 May 1874 – 7 January 1968), was a British politician.
Kerr was the son of Charles Wyndham Rodolph Kerr and the great-grandson of
County of Southampton.[1] He then served as Chairman of the Liberal National Party (known from 1948 as the National Liberal Party) from 1940 to 1956. He was also a member of the anti-Semitic Right Club
.
Lord Teviot married, firstly, Muriel Constance, daughter of William Gordon Canning, in 1911. They had no children and were divorced in 1930. He married, secondly, Florence Angela, daughter of Charles Walter Villiers, in 1930. In 1960 he unsuccessfully moved to ban publication of Lady Chatterley's Lover and all books akin.[2] Teviot died in January 1968, aged 93, and was succeeded in the barony by his only son from his second marriage, Charles. Lady Teviot died in 1979.
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Citations
- ^ "No. 34884". The London Gazette. 28 June 1940. p. 3941.
- ^ "The "Lady Chatterley's Lover" Case". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 227. House of Lords. 14 December 1960. col. 528–574.
- ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2019. p. 4572.
References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, [page needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages [better source needed]
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- Lundy, Darryl. "FAQ". The Peerage.[unreliable source]
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