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Sir Robert Cary, 1st Baronet
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Sir Robert Archibald Cary, 1st Baronet (25 May 1898 – 1 October 1979) was a British Conservative politician.
The son of Robert Cary and Alice Day, he was educated in Ardingly College, Haywards Heath in Sussex and in the Royal Military College Sandhurst. Serving to the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards, Cary fought in the First World War and Second World War. From 1939 to 1942, he was Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Civil Lords of the Admiralty, from 1942 to 1945 to the Secretary of State for India and Burma. In 1944 and 1945, he was Assistant Government Whip and Junior Lord of the Treasury between May und July 1945. From 1951 to 1955 he was again Parliamentary Private Secretary, this time to the Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons
Cary was Member of Parliament (MP) for Eccles from 1935 to 1945 and for Manchester Withington from 1951 until his retirement at the February 1974 general election. Knighted already in 1951, he was created a Baronet, of Withington in the County of Lancaster on 12 June 1955.
On 30 April 1924, he married Rosamond Mary Scarsdale, daughter of Colonel Alfred Nathaniel Curzon, son of the 4th Baron Scarsdale. They had one son, Roger Cary.
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
- thePeerage. Retrieved on December 30, 2006.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
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| Preceded by John Potter |
Member of Parliament for Eccles 1935–1945 |
Succeeded by William Proctor |
| Preceded by Frederick Cundiff |
Member of Parliament for Manchester Withington 1951–February 1974 |
Succeeded by Frederick Silvester |
| Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded by (new creation) |
Baronet (of Withington) 1955–1979 |
Succeeded by Roger Cary |
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