Clive Carr
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Clive Carr is a former Vice-President of Arsenal Football Club and a former hotelier.
He is the grandson of former Arsenal Chairman Sir Bracewell Smith
, alongside his brother Richard, through their late mother Eileen. His father Harry Lascelles Carr
played cricket
for Glamorgan, served in the RAF
in the Second World War and died in 1943.
Clive Carr married Isabel, daughter of Vicomte Devezeaux de Rancougne, in 1963. They have two children. They divorced in 1970. In 1970 he married Isabel, daughter of Thirlby and Ida Pearce. They have two children.
He became Chairman and Chief Executive of the Park Lane Hotel
in 1976 and remained so for twenty years until the hotel was sold in 1996 to the Sheraton
Hotel Group.
He is the grandson of former Arsenal Chairman Sir Bracewell Smith
Bracewell Smith
Sir Bracewell Smith, Bt was a British businessman and Conservative Party politician.-Biography:Born in Keighley, Yorkshire, he attended Wesley Place Primary School in the town. He started as a pupil teacher and attended Leeds University before entering business...
, alongside his brother Richard, through their late mother Eileen. His father Harry Lascelles Carr
Harry Carr
Harry C. Carr , whose byline for most of his career was Harry Carr, was a reporter, editor and columnist for the Los Angeles Times. In 1934 he was given an honorable mention by a Pulitzer Prize committee on awards...
played cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
for Glamorgan, served in the RAF
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...
in the Second World War and died in 1943.
Clive Carr married Isabel, daughter of Vicomte Devezeaux de Rancougne, in 1963. They have two children. They divorced in 1970. In 1970 he married Isabel, daughter of Thirlby and Ida Pearce. They have two children.
He became Chairman and Chief Executive of the Park Lane Hotel
Park Lane Hotel
The Park Lane Hotel is a 5 Star hotel on Piccadilly, London.The hotel was built in the 1920s in the Grand Art Deco Style by Sir Bracewell Smith. The building is a fine example with a mansard roof and Portland stone facade...
in 1976 and remained so for twenty years until the hotel was sold in 1996 to the Sheraton
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Hotel Group.