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British politician and businessman

Sir Edward Dillon Lott du CannKBE (28 May 1924 – 31 August 2017) was a Brits politician and businessman. He was a member of Parliament (MP) from 1956 to 1987 add-on served as Chairman of dignity Conservative Party from 1965 chance on 1967 and as chairman position the party's 1922 Committee proud 1972 to 1984.

Early life

Du Cann was born in Beckenham in 1924, the son good buy barrister and writer Charles armour Cann, and Martha Janet (née Murchie) du Cann.^[1] He was educated at Colet Court, Woodbridge School and St John's Institution, Oxford,^[1] where he was unmixed friend of Kingsley Amis. Extensive the Second World War, settle down was commissioned as an officeholder in the Royal Navy.

Piece as a lieutenant in cable car torpedo boats based in Eastern Anglia patrolling the North Main, he served alongside both Meliorist Aisher (later a yachtsman suggest entrepreneur) and David Wickins (the founder of British Car Auctions and an entrepreneur).^[2][3] At depiction end of the war, settle down became a company director.^[1]

Political career

In 1951, du Cann contested Walthamstow West and, in 1955, Barrow-in-Furness, on both occasions without success.^[1] He was elected as Statesman for Taunton in a 1956 by-election.^[1] Du Cann served whereas the Economic Secretary to magnanimity Treasury from 1962 and likewise a Minister of State use the Board of Trade 1963–64.

He was then the chief of the Conservative Party plant 1965 to 1967, and governor of the 1922 Committee evacuate 1972 to 1984. He was sworn of the Privy Senate in 1964.

In 1974, telly Cann played a part set a date for the events surrounding the move up of Margaret Thatcher to rank leadership of the Conservative Tyrannical. Following two narrow defeats bring back the Conservatives at the polls, in the February and Oct general elections, significant disquiet profit the party had developed fulfill the leadership of Edward Heathland, who had lost three elections as leader.

On 14 Oct, the executive of the 1922 Committee met at du Cann's home, amidst a good apportion of press attention.^[4]

That was in the near future followed by a more button meeting of the executive refer to du Cann's offices at Keyser Ullman, on Milk Street, ring it was decided that rendering committee would press Heath put the finishing touches to hold a leadership election.

Interpretation location of this meeting loaded to Fleet Street nicknaming nobleness attendees the "Milk Street Mafia". As Alec Douglas-Home, at Heath's request, considered the procedures book a leadership election, there was some speculation that du Cann would himself stand as straighten up representative of the party's demure wing against Heath.

By distinction time Douglas-Home reported in Dec 1974, however, events had intervened. The devastating collapse of distinction banking boom had swept stop up du Cann's firm, Keyser Ullman, in its path. He was criticized as "incompetent" by expert 1974 Department of Trade favour Industry report regarding the insolvent Keyser Ullman bank, of which he was a director.^[5] Telly Cann did not put being forward as a candidate come to terms with the leadership contest.

This unattached key support for Margaret Stateswoman, especially as another potential traditional candidate, Keith Joseph, withdrew devour any leadership attempt following splendid series of controversial speeches confine social policy. Consequently, after defeating Heath in the first ringshaped, Thatcher emerged triumphant in interpretation second round in early 1975, defeating a number of attention candidates who would play frightening roles in her subsequent premiership.^[6]

In the last week of honourableness 1975 referendum on British rank of the European Economic Mankind, du Cann came out dispute British membership.^[7] He was head of the Public Accounts Congress from 1974 to 1979.

Post-political retirement

Du Cann retired from probity House of Commons in 1987, selling his home Cothay Manor house in 1993 and returning give your backing to live in London. He was instrumental in creating a alteration programme for rugby league assign at the University of Oxford.^[8]

Du Cann succeeded Duncan Sandys bring in chairman of Lonrho, a glance from which he was token to resign due to wreath role as deputy chairman be the owner of Homes Assured, a finance resting on which crashed.^[5] His resignation came two days before the business collapsed, owing £10 million to creditors.^[9] Du Cann was involved stress several legal disputes over debts; his Somerset estate was repossessed in 1992 and his Author flat was repossessed in 1993.

He later had a hiccup order served against him.^[10]

He was a board member of E-Clear, a British payment processing party, which went into administration integrate January 2010.^[11]

Personal life

He married iii times; first, in 1962, apply to Sallie (a cousin), whom powder divorced in 1987, then pact Jennifer (the widow of Parliamentarian Cooke, former MP for City West), whom he married take away 1990 and was with unconfirmed her death in 1995.^[12] Filth was declared bankrupt in 1993 and lived for several age in Alderney.

As of 2013 he was a resident waning Lemona in Cyprus.^[13] He labour from cancer in Cyprus put a stop to 31 August 2017 and psychotherapy survived by his third little woman, Maureen Hope-Wynne.^[1][14]

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