For other people named Robert Carr, see Robert Carr (disambiguation).
The Right Honourable
The Lord Carr of Hadley
PC
Formal portrait, 1951
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office 4 March 1974 – 11 February 1975
Leader
Edward Heath
Preceded by
Denis Healey
Succeeded by
Geoffrey Howe
Ministerial offices
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 – 5 November 1972
Prime Minister
Edward Heath
Preceded by
William Whitelaw
Succeeded by
Jim 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
Parliamentary representation
Member of Parliament for Carshalton
In office 28 February 1974 – 15 January 1976
Preceded by
Walter Elliot
Succeeded by
Nigel Forman
Member of Parliament for Mitcham
In office 23 February 1950 – 8 February 1974
Preceded by
Tom Braddock
Succeeded by
Constituency abolished
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 15 January 1976 – 17 February 2012 Life peerage
Personal details
Born
Leonard Robert Carr
(1916-11-11)11 November 1916 North Finchley, Middlesex, England
Died
17 February 2012(2012-02-17) (aged 95) Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England
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, PC (11 November 1916 – 17 February 2012) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Home Secretary from 1972 to 1974. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for 26 years, and later served in the House of Lords as a life peer.
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