Robert Carr
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The Right Honourable The Lord Carr of Hadley PC |
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Carr in 1951, one year after being elected MP for Mitcham
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| Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
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In office 4 March 1974 – 11 February 1975 |
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| Leader | Edward Heath |
| Preceded by | Denis Healey |
| Succeeded by | Geoffrey Howe |
| Home Secretary | |
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In office 18 July 1972 – 4 March 1974 |
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| Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
| Preceded by | Reginald Maudling |
| Succeeded by | Roy Jenkins |
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Lord President of the Council Leader of the House of Commons |
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In office 7 April 1972 – 18 July 1972 |
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| Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
| Preceded by | William Whitelaw |
| Succeeded by | James Prior |
| Secretary of State for Employment | |
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In office 20 June 1970 – 7 April 1972 |
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| Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
| Preceded by | Barbara Castle |
| Succeeded by | Maurice Macmillan |
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Member of Parliament for Mitcham |
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In office 23 February 1950 – 28 February 1974 |
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| Preceded by | Tom Braddock |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
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Member of Parliament for Carshalton |
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In office 28 February 1974 – 11 March 1976 |
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| Preceded by | Walter Elliot |
| Succeeded by | Nigel Forman |
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| Born | 11 November 1916 |
| Died | 17 February 2012 (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) was a British Conservative Party politician.
Robert Carr was educated at Westminster School 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.
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. More than thirty years later a member of the group issued a public apology to Carr, and sent him a Christmas card.
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.
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