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491: 503: 90:, Carr undertook extensive charity work, in support of captured Welsh soldiers. He also undertook several trips to see the war for himself, visiting France and 499: 483: 237: 245: 79:. This was highly successful; by 1900, the paper was selling more than one million copies of each issue. Carr also continued to write for the 193: 301: 83:, acting as its chief political correspondent until the 1930s, using his membership of the Parliamentary lobby to obtain stories. 162: 615: 716: 711: 726: 72: 68:, a London-based Sunday newspaper with a small circulation, and he decided to appoint his nephew as its new editor. 364: 341: 171: 396: 380: 253: 226: 204: 186: 95: 721: 567: 285: 420: 333: 731: 110: 353: 210: 179: 114: 452: 655: 122: 99: 706: 701: 269: 71:
Emsley married Lascelles' daughter, Jenny Lascelles Carr, in 1895, and worked closely with
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in 1938, as Chairman of the Press Gallery at Parliament in 1930/1, and President of the
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on the newspaper. In 1891, Lascelles Carr was part of a syndicate which purchased the
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continued to gain sales, reaching more than four million by 1940. Carr served as
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being named in his honour some years after his death. His son,
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who also worked alongside his father as a journalist at the
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in 1932/3. He also sponsored various sporting events, the
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His uncle, 45: 41: 36: 34: 33: 28: 25: 21: 672:Andy Coulson 664:Rebekah Wade 648:Piers Morgan 511: 471: 429:Rebekah Wade 352: 227:Daily Herald 225: 215: 209: 205:Daily Herald 203: 161: 130: 106: 104: 85: 81:Western Mail 80: 76: 70: 65: 53:Western Mail 51: 42:district of 37: 30: 19: 18: 707:1941 deaths 702:1867 births 680:Colin Myler 624:Wendy Henry 592:Barry Askew 544:Reg Cudlipp 512:Emsley Carr 334:John Beaven 88:World War I 56:, based in 696:Categories 560:Cyril Lear 397:Larry Lamb 381:Larry Lamb 270:W. P. Ryan 137:References 98:. 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British
newspaper editor
News of the World
Hunslet
Leeds
Henry Lascelles Carr
Western Mail
Cardiff
journalist
George Riddell
World War I
Scapa Flow
Paris Peace Conference
1918 New Year Honours
High Sheriff of Glamorgan
Institute of Journalists
Emsley Carr Mile
Harry
cricketer




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