Charles Curran

Leslie Charles Curran (19 April 1903 – 16 September 1972) was a British Conservative Party politician, barrister, and journalist, who was the MP for Uxbridge from 1959 to 1966, and again from 1970 until his death.

Background Born in Cardiff, he was the son of C. J. Curran, and was educated at Cardiff High School and Stonyhurst College, a large independent school.

Career Curran was a sub-editor of the Evening Express, before becoming a barrister in 1932 of Gray's Inn. He continued to work in journalism through his life, contributing variously to the Evening Standard, the Daily Mirror, and The Sunday Telegraph. Curran published one satirical novel, You Know You Can Trust Me (Jonathan Cape, 1938).

Curran unsuccessfully contested West Walthamstow for the Conservatives at the 1945 general election. Fellow Conservative Norman Miscampbell tried to downplay and make light of the misunderstanding, feeling that his words would be disastrous for the party in the upcoming elections that year.

Personal life Curran married Mona Regan in 1926, and had one son. After a period of declining health due to heart problems, he died on 16 September 1972, aged 69, during a holiday in Kyrenia, Cyprus.