Robert Carr

The Right Honourable
The Lord Carr of Hadley
PC
The Right Honourable The Lord Carr of Hadley PC
	Carr in 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
Prime Minister	In office; 18 July 1972 – 4 March 1974
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
Preceded by	In office; 28 February 1974 – 15 January 1976
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; 11 November 1916; North Finchley, Middlesex, England
Died	17 February 2012 (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.