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William "Bill" Compton Carr (10 July 1918-December 2000) was a Conservative Party politician, businessman and solicitor. Born in Nottinghamshire, Carr was educated in Cambridge before being admitted as a solicitor in 1950. He was also a managing director of a company manufacturing heaters. Although he was no longer in parliament, Carr returned to the London County Council as an alderman in May 1961, serving until the council's abolition in 1965.

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  • William "Bill" Compton Carr (10 July 1918-December 2000) was a Conservative Party politician, businessman and solicitor. Born in Nottinghamshire, Carr was educated in Cambridge before being admitted as a solicitor in 1950. He was also a managing director of a company manufacturing heaters. Although he was no longer in parliament, Carr returned to the London County Council as an alderman in May 1961, serving until the council's abolition in 1965.
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  • William "Bill" Compton Carr (10 July 1918-December 2000) was a Conservative Party politician, businessman and solicitor. Born in Nottinghamshire, Carr was educated in Cambridge before being admitted as a solicitor in 1950. He was also a managing director of a company manufacturing heaters. In October 1956 he was selected to fill an aldermanic vacancy on the London County Council. His term of office ended in May 1958. In the meantime he had been selected by the Conservatives to be their candidate in the west London parliamentary constituency of Barons Court which was held by the Labour Party by a small majority. When the general election was held in October 1959, Carr was elected to the House of Commons with a narrow majority of 913 votes. He served as Private Parliamentary Secretary to two junior ministers before losing his Commons seat at the next general election in October 1964. Although he was no longer in parliament, Carr returned to the London County Council as an alderman in May 1961, serving until the council's abolition in 1965. In 1971 Carr was found guilty of fraud in the Central Criminal Court, and was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment. He admitted to having converted nearly £20,000 of his clients' funds to his own use, some of which he used to buy out his partner's share in his legal practice, and part of which he used to pay off "a man who knew something about me which I did not want disclosed". He was struck off the roll of solicitors in the following year. Following his release from prison he was adjudged bankrupt in March 1974 with debts of £97,515 and assets of only £151.
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