Du Cann, Edward

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Name (Latin)
Du Cann, Edward
Other forms of name
Cann, Edward du
DuCann, Edward
Date of birth
1924-05-28
Date of death
2017-08-31
Associated country
Great Britain
Field of activity
Business
Economic policy
Great Britain--Politics and government
Occupation
Businesspeople
Politicians
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 79429394
Wikidata: Q5346052
Library of congress: n 87801977
Sources of Information
  • Guardian WWW site, viewed Sept. 11, 2017(Sir Edward du Cann; Edward Dillon Lott du Cann, politician and businessman, born 28 May 1924; died 31 August 2017; Conservative MP; having entered parliament for Taunton aged 32 in 1956, he became economic secretary to the Treasury (1962-63), then minister of state at the newly expanded trade and industry department; and in opposition after 1964 he was spokesman on trade and shipping; businessman, inaugurator of the unit trust with his Unicorn Group; chairman of the merchant bank Keyser Ullman; left the Commons in 1987; resigned as a director of the mortgage broker Homes Assured just before it failed in 1989; two years later he quit as chairman of Lonrho)
  • nuc86-76040: His A new competition policy, 1984(hdg. on MiEM rept.: DuCann, Edward; usage: Edward du Cann)
  • LC data base, 1/13/87(hdg.: Du Cann, Edward)