Sir David Carol MacDonnell Mather MC (3 January 1919 – 3 July 2006), known as Carol Mather, was a British Army officer and Conservative MP, and senior government whip.
After serving 22 years in the British Army, Mather was the Member of Parliament for Esher for 17 years, from 1970 until he retired in 1987. He was a whip from 1975 to 1987, the first 4 years in opposition and the last 8 years in government. After the Conservatives came to power in ...
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Sir David Carol MacDonnell Mather MC (3 January 1919 – 3 July 2006), known as Carol Mather, was a British Army officer and Conservative MP, and senior government whip.
After serving 22 years in the British Army, Mather was the Member of Parliament for Esher for 17 years, from 1970 until he retired in 1987. He was a whip from 1975 to 1987, the first 4 years in opposition and the last 8 years in government. After the Conservatives came to power in 1979, he served as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household, and finally as Comptroller of the Household.
Mather was born in Adlington, Cheshire, the younger son of Loris Emerson Mather. His family owned Mather and Platt, an engineering company in Manchester, which was chaired by his father and later managed by his elder brother, William. His grandfather was Sir William Mather, MP for North Salford, Gorton and Rossendale for 19 years, from 1885 to 1904.
Mather was educated at Amesbury, Harrow and Trinity...
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