Harold Mark Carter, Baron Carter of Haslemere, (born 12 September 1958) is a British lawyer, life peer and

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member of the

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Career

Carter studied law at the

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, graduating with a

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(LLB) degree. He worked at the Home Office from 1989 to 2006, and then the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 2006 to 2009. He returned to the Home Office as deputy legal advisor in 2009. He has served as

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of 10 Downing Street since 2016. He is a

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. He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to Government Legal Services and services to community in Guildford, Surrey. In 2019, he was nominated for a life peerage in the

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and was created Baron Carter of Haslemere, of Haslemere in the County of Surrey, on 30 October. , he has no recorded votes, written questions, or spoken contributions to the House of Lords.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Carter of Haslemere, Harold Carter, Baron 1958 births Living people Members of Gray's Inn Companions of the Order of the Bath Crossbench life peers Life peers created by Elizabeth II Alumni of the University of Reading