Robert Carr
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Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 4 March 1974 – 11 February 1975 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leader | Edward Heath | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | Denis Healey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Geoffrey Howe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Leonard Robert Carr 11 November 1916 North Finchley, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 17 February 2012 Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England | (aged 95)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Political party | Conservative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse |
Joan Twining (m. 1943) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | Westminster School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Leonard Robert Carr, Baron Carr of Hadley,
Background
Leonard Robert Carr was born in
In 1943, Carr married Joan Twining, and they had a son and two daughters. Their son, David, died in a traffic accident in 1965.[1]
Political career
Carr first sought the Conservative nomination in Barnet ahead of the 1950 election, but lost to
Carr was a supporter of the
In 1971, Carr escaped injury when The Angry Brigade anarchist group exploded two bombs outside his house.[4] More than thirty years later, a member of the group issued a public apology to Carr and sent him a Christmas card.[5]
In 1972, Carr served a brief period as
In 1975, Carr co-founded the Tory Reform Group.[1]
Later life
Carr was created a
Carr died from bronchopneumonia at a nursing home in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, 17 February 2012, at the age of 95.[1] His body was buried in the graveyard of St. Peter's Church, in the Gloucestershire village of Farmington. He was survived by his wife, Joan, and two daughters.[9]
References
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/104651. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ a b Goodman, Geoffrey (20 February 2012). "Lord Carr of Hadley obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
- ^ "Lord Carr of Hadley obituary". the Guardian. 20 February 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "1971: British minister's home bombed". On This Day 1950–2005. BBC News. 6 December 1972. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
- ^ Bright, Martin (3 February 2002). "Angry Brigade's bomb plot apology". The Observer. London. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
- ^ The Times. No. 59312. London. 5 February 1975. col A, p. 1.
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- ^ "No. 46803". The London Gazette. 20 January 1976. p. 919.
- ^ "Lord Carr of Hadley". The Daily Telegraph. 19 February 2012. Archived from the original on 19 April 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2013.