Edward du cann biography for kids
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Former Conservative Party chairman Edward ni Cann dies at 93
Conservative politician Sir Edward du Cann has died at the age of
He was an MP for more than 30 years and served as a minister in the governments of Harold Macmillan and Alec Douglas-Home in the early s.
During a long political career, he was also chairman of the Conservative party and led the influential backbench committee for 12 years.
A meeting of MPs he chaired in sparked a leadership contest which saw Margaret Thatcher defeat Edward Heath.
After leaving full-time politics in , he returned to his extensive business interests, becoming chair of conglomerate Lonhro under its buccaneering and controversial boss Tiny Rowland.
Among those to pay tribute after his death was announced were Tory MEP Daniel Hannan who tweeted, external that Sir Edward had been "from WW2 torpedo boats to Parliament a model of decency and patriotism".
Sir Edward represented the Somerset constituency of Taunton between and
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Edward du Cann
British politician and businessman
Sir Edward Dillon Lott du CannKBE (28 May – 31 August ) was a British politician and businessman. He was a member of Parliament (MP) from to and served as Chairman of the Conservative Party from to and as chairman of the party's Committee from to
Early life
[edit]Du Cann was born in Beckenham in , the son of barrister and writer Charles du Cann, and Martha Janet (née Murchie) du Cann.[1] He was educated at Colet Court, Woodbridge School and St John's College, Oxford,[1] where he was a friend of Kingsley Amis. During the Second World War, he was commissioned as an officer in the Royal Navy. Serving as a lieutenant in motor torpedo boats based in East Anglia patrolling the North Sea, he served alongside both Owen Aisher (later a yachtsman and entrepreneur) and David Wickins (the founder of British Car Auctions and an entrepreneur).[2][3] At the end of the war, he became a company direc
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DU CANN, Sir Edward ().
14 February - 11 June
Biography
Sir Edward du Cann was born in Beckenham, 28 May to a political family: his father had been a parliamentary candidate and other relatives had been MPs. He was educated at Woodbridge School before reading Law at St John’s College, Oxford. The Second World War interrupted a career in banking, when he served as an officer in the Navy.
In he entered Conservative politics, contesting Walthamstow West against Prime Minster Clement Attlee in He was first elected in a by-election in for Taunton. He served in junior ministerial posts in the Treasury and Board of Trade, before becoming Chairman of the Conservative Party , and the long-running Chair of the backbench Committee, holding the post between and During his tenure he played a crucial role in the election of Margaret Thatcher as party leader. He was made a Privy Councillor in , and became Chair of the Public Accounts Committee between and
In he first married Sally Innes,