that the only post that he would accept would be that of Shadow Foreign Secretary. She told him that she could not promise that and confided in her memoirs that at that stage, she was still considering appointments and was "not convinced" that she would offer Carr any role in the shadow cabinet. She proceeded to appoint Maudling as Shadow Foreign Secretary and saw Carr again later to inform him of her decision. In her memoirs, she speculated that Carr might have been "persuaded to stay in another capacity" but did not offer him the chance and noted, "I was not keen to have another strong opponent in any position on the team". Later life Carr was created a life peer as Baron Carr of Hadley, of Monken Hadley, North London, in 1976. Death Carr died 17 February 2012 at the age of 95 years. His body was buried in the graveyard of St. Peter's Church, in the Gloucestershire village of Farmington. He was survived by his wife, Joan, and two daughters. References Bibliography External links 1916 births 2012 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Carr of Hadley Parliamentary Private Secretaries to the Prime Minister Lord Presidents of the Council British Secretaries of State for Employment Secretaries of State for the Home Department Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge People educated at Westminster School, London Presidents of Surrey County Cricket Club Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959 UK MPs 1959–1964 UK MPs 1964–1966 UK MPs 1966–1970 UK MPs 1970–1974 UK MPs 1974 UK MPs 1974–1979 UK MPs who were granted peerages Leaders of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom Monken Hadley Ministers in the Eden government, 1955–1957 Ministers in the Macmillan and Douglas-Home governments, 1957–1964 Shadow Chancellors of the Exchequer Life peers created by Elizabeth II