Robert Carr

For other people named Robert Carr, see Robert Carr (disambiguation).

The Right Honourable The Lord Carr of Hadley PC
Carr in 1951, one year after being elected MP for Mitcham

Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office 4 March 1974 – 11 February 1975
Leader	Edward Heath
Preceded by	Denis Healey
Succeeded by	Geoffrey Howe
Home Secretary
In office 18 July 1972 – 4 March 1974
Prime Minister	Edward Heath
Preceded by	Reginald Maudling
Succeeded by	Roy Jenkins
Lord President of the Council Leader of the House of Commons
In office 7 April 1972 – 18 July 1972
Prime Minister	Edward Heath
Preceded by	William Whitelaw
Succeeded by	James Prior
Secretary of State for Employment
In office 20 June 1970 – 7 April 1972
Prime Minister	Edward Heath
Preceded by	Barbara Castle
Succeeded by	Maurice Macmillan
Member of Parliament for Mitcham
In office 23 February 1950 – 28 February 1974
Preceded by	Tom Braddock
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Member of Parliament for Carshalton
In office 28 February 1974 – 11 March 1976
Preceded by	Walter Elliot
Succeeded by	Nigel Forman
Personal details
Born	(1916-11-11)11 November 1916
Died	17 February 2012(2012-02-17) (aged 95)
Political party	Conservative
Alma mater	Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

Leonard Robert Carr, Baron Carr of Hadley, PC (11 November 1916 – 17 February 2012)^[1] was a British Conservative Party politician.

Early life

Robert Carr was educated at Westminster School^[2] and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he read Natural Sciences, graduating in 1938. After graduation he applied his knowledge of metallurgy at John Dale & Co, the family metal engineering firm.^[2]

Career

He was elected Member of Parliament for Mitcham in 1950 and served there until 1974 when the seat was merged and he moved to Carshalton. In Edward Heath's government he served as Secretary of State for Employment and was responsible for the Industrial Relations Act 1971, which balanced the introduction of compensation for unfair dismissal with curbs on the freedom to strike and the virtual abolition of closed shop agreements.

In 1971 he escaped injury when The Angry Brigade anarchist group exploded two bombs outside his house.^[3] More than thirty years later a member of the group issued a public apology to Carr, and sent him a Christmas card.^[4]

In 1972 he served a brief period as Lord President of the Council and was then appointed Home Secretary after the resignation of Reginald Maudling. After his defeat in the first ballot of the 1975 Conservative leadership contest, Edward Heath asked Carr to "take over the functions of leader" until a new leader was elected.^[5]

Later life

He was created a life peer as Baron Carr of Hadley, of Monken Hadley, North London, in 1976.

Carr died in 2012 at the age of 95; he was survived by his wife Joan and two daughters.^[1]

References

1 2 The Daily Telegraph, 19 February 2012: Baron Carr, former Tory cabinet minister dies, aged 95
1 2 "The Guardian Lord Carr Obituary". The Guardian. 20 February 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
↑ "BBC ON THIS DAY | 12 | 1971: British minister's home bombed". BBC News. 6 December 1972. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
↑ Martin Bright, home affairs editor (3 February 2002). "Angry Brigade's bomb plot apology". London: Observer.guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
↑ The Times, Wednesday, 5 Feb 1975; pg. 1; Issue 59312; col A

Bibliography

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Robert Carr

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Tom Braddock	Member of Parliament for Mitcham 1950 – 1974	Constituency abolished
Preceded by Walter Elliot	Member of Parliament for Carshalton 1974 – 1976	Succeeded by Nigel Forman
Political offices
Preceded by Barbara Castle as Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity	Secretary of State for Employment 1970 – 1972	Succeeded by Maurice Macmillan
Preceded by William Whitelaw	Lord President of the Council 1972	Succeeded by James Prior
Preceded by William Whitelaw	Leader of the House of Commons 1972	Succeeded by James Prior
Preceded by Reginald Maudling	Home Secretary 1972 – 1974	Succeeded by Roy Jenkins

Home Secretaries of the United Kingdom

Secretary of State for the Home Department	Shelburne Townshend North Temple Sydney Grenville Dundas Portland Pelham Yorke Hawkesbury Spencer Liverpool Ryder Sidmouth Peel Sturges Bourne Lansdowne Peel Melbourne Duncannon Wellington Goulburn Russell Normanby Graham Grey Walpole Palmerston Grey Walpole Sotheron-Estcourt Lewis Grey Walpole Hardy Bruce Lowe Cross Harcourt Cross Childers Matthews Asquith Ridley Ritchie Akers-Douglas Gladstone Churchill McKenna Simon Samuel Cave Shortt Bridgeman Henderson Joynson-Hicks Clynes Samuel Gilmour Simon Hoare Anderson Morrison Somervell Chuter Ede Maxwell-Fyfe Lloyd George Butler Brooke Soskice Jenkins Callaghan Maudling Carr Jenkins Rees Whitelaw Brittan Hurd Waddington Baker K. Clarke Howard Straw Blunkett C. Clarke Reid Smith Johnson May Rudd

Leaders of the House of Commons

Walpole Sandys Pelham Robinson H Fox Pitt the Elder Vacant (caretaker ministry) Pitt the Elder Grenville H Fox Grenville Conway North C Fox Townshend (C Fox/North) Pitt the Younger Addington Pitt the Younger C Fox Howick Perceval Castlereagh Canning Huskisson Peel Althorp Peel Russell Disraeli Russell Palmerston Disraeli Palmerston Gladstone Disraeli Gladstone Northcote Gladstone Hicks-Beach Gladstone R Churchill Smith Balfour Gladstone Harcourt Balfour Campbell-Bannerman Asquith Bonar Law A Chamberlain Bonar Law Baldwin MacDonald Baldwin MacDonald Baldwin MacDonald Baldwin N Chamberlain W Churchill Cripps Eden Morrison Chuter Ede Crookshank Butler Macleod Lloyd Bowden Crossman Peart Whitelaw Carr Prior Short Foot St John-Stevas Pym Biffen Wakeham Howe MacGregor Newton Taylor Beckett Cook Reid Hain Hoon Straw Harman Young Lansley Hague Grayling Lidington

Heath Cabinet

Anthony Barber Tom Boardman Gordon Campbell Robert Carr Lord Carrington John Davies Sir Alec Douglas-Home Ian Gilmour Edward Heath Lord Hailsham Sir Geoffrey Howe Earl Jellicoe Patrick Jenkin Sir Keith Joseph Iain Macleod Maurice Macmillan Reginald Maudling Michael Noble John Peyton James Prior Francis Pym Geoffrey Rippon Margaret Thatcher Peter Thomas Peter Walker Lord Windlesham William Whitelaw

Shadow Chancellors of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom

Stanley Butler Gaitskell Wilson Callaghan Maudling Heath Macleod Jenkins Healey Carr Howe Healey Shore Hattersley Smith Brown Clarke Lilley Maude Portillo Howard Letwin Osborne Darling Johnson Balls Leslie McDonnell

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