Edward Arthur Carr
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Edward Arthur Carr (7 April 1903 – 5 June 1966) was the Administrator of the Colony of Nigeria from 1947 until his retirement in 1954.[1]
Carr was born on 7 April 1903, the son of Edward Crossley Carr and Lizzie Emila Biggs.[1]
He married Margaret Alys Willson.[1] in April 1930
He joined the Colonial Administrative Service in Nigeria in 1925 and was appointed Administrator of the Colony of Nigeria in 1947.[citation needed] In 1951, he was appointed a companion of the Order of St Michael and St George.[2]
He attended Ermysted's Grammar School, Skipton and Christ's College, Cambridge.[1][3]
Carr lived in Sandy, Bedfordshire; he died on 5 June 1966.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e 'CARR, Edward Arthur', Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 retrieved 26 Nov 2011[permanent dead link]
- ^ "No. 39104". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1950. p. 5.
- ^ Exhibitioner, 1922; BA 1925; MA
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