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Richard Charles Lascelles Carr (born 22 July 1938) is a former director of Arsenal Holdings PLC ("Arsenal") and a former director and board member of
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, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Arsenal Holdings PLC. He held 2,722 shares (4.6%) in Arsenal till May 2008, when he sold them to
Stan Kroenke Enos Stanley Kroenke (; born July 29, 1947) is an American billionaire real estate magnate and sports team owner. He is the owner of Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, which is the holding company of Arsenal of the Premier League and Arsenal Wo ...
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Biography

He is the grandson of former Arsenal Chairman Sir
Bracewell Smith Sir Bracewell Smith, 1st Baronet (29 June 1884 – 12 January 1966) was a British businessman, Conservative Party politician and the 619th Lord Mayor of London. Biography Born in Keighley, Yorkshire, he attended Wesley Place Primary School in ...
through his mother Eileen Smith. His father Henry Lascelles Carr played
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for
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, served in the RAF in the
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and died in 1943. He married Edda Armbrust in 1960; their daughter,
Sue Carr, Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill Sue Lascelles Carr, Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill, (born 1 September 1964) is an English jurist and life peer who has served as Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales since 1 October 2023. She is the first woman to serve as the head of t ...
, is
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. His half-sister, Lady Sarah Phipps-Bagge, held 2% of the shares in the club. His brother Clive Carr is the football club's former Life Vice-President. Richard Carr has formerly held directorships of Lee Yang Enterprise Limited, the
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Ltd and Tymals Investments Ltd. Tymals Investments Ltd was dissolved in 1999, the other director was fellow former Arsenal board member
Nina Bracewell-Smith Nina, Lady Bracewell-Smith (née Kakkar; born 14 November 1955) is an Indian-born businesswoman who has since March 2013 been based in Monaco. She was a major shareholder and former non-executive director of the Premier League football club A ...
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