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'''Richard Charles Lascelles Carr''' (born [[22 July]] [[1938]]) is a director and board member of [[Arsenal Football Club]], |
'''Richard Charles Lascelles Carr''' (born [[22 July]] [[1938]]) is a former director of Arsenal Holdings PLC ("Arsenal") and a director and board member of [[Arsenal Football Club]], which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Arsenal Holdings PLC. He is nominally in charge of the club's youth development and academy.{{Citation needed|date=October 2007}} He held 2,722 shares (4.6%) in Arsenal till May 2008, when he sold them to [[Stan Kroenke]]<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/arsenal/3816820/Arsenals-boardroom-bombshell.html]</ref>. |
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He is the grandson of former Arsenal Chairman [[ |
He is the grandson of former Arsenal Chairman [[Sir Bracewell Smith]] through his mother Eileen Smith.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-449619/Dynasty-v-Dein-battle-board.html | title=Dynasty v Dein in battle for the board | work=Daily Mail}}</ref> His father [[Harry Carr|Harry Lascelles Carr]] played [[cricket]] for [[Glamorgan CCC|Glamorgan]] served in the [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] in the [[Second World War]] and died in 1943.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/other/content/player/10670.html | title=Harry Carr | work=Cricinfo}}</ref> He has a wife, Edda, whom he married in 1960, but has no children.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}} His half-sister, Lady Sarah Phipps-Bagge, holds 2% of the shares in the club. His brother [[Clive Carr]] is the football club's Life Vice-President<ref>[http://www.onlinegooner.com/exclusive/index.php?id=388]</ref>. |
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Richard Carr has formerly held directorships of [[Lee Yang Enterprise]] Limited, the [[Park Lane Hotel]] Ltd and [[Tymals Investments]] Ltd. Tymals Investments Ltd was dissolved in 1999, the other director was fellow Arsenal board member [[Nina Bracewell-Smith]]. |
Richard Carr has formerly held directorships of [[Lee Yang Enterprise]] Limited, the [[Park Lane Hotel]] Ltd and [[Tymals Investments]] Ltd. Tymals Investments Ltd was dissolved in 1999, the other director was fellow Arsenal board member [[Nina Bracewell-Smith]]. |
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Revision as of 01:35, 25 November 2009
Richard Charles Lascelles Carr (born 22 July 1938) is a former director of Arsenal Holdings PLC ("Arsenal") and a director and board member of Arsenal Football Club, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Arsenal Holdings PLC. He is nominally in charge of the club's youth development and academy.[citation needed] He held 2,722 shares (4.6%) in Arsenal till May 2008, when he sold them to Stan Kroenke[1].
He is the grandson of former Arsenal Chairman Sir Bracewell Smith through his mother Eileen Smith.[2] His father Harry Lascelles Carr played cricket for Glamorgan served in the RAF in the Second World War and died in 1943.[3] He has a wife, Edda, whom he married in 1960, but has no children.[citation needed] His half-sister, Lady Sarah Phipps-Bagge, holds 2% of the shares in the club. His brother Clive Carr is the football club's Life Vice-President[4].
Richard Carr has formerly held directorships of Lee Yang Enterprise Limited, the Park Lane Hotel Ltd and Tymals Investments Ltd. Tymals Investments Ltd was dissolved in 1999, the other director was fellow Arsenal board member Nina Bracewell-Smith.
References
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- ^ "Dynasty v Dein in battle for the board". Daily Mail.
- ^ "Harry Carr". Cricinfo.
- ^ [2]
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