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LORD CARRINGTON. Known for his role in the Falklands War when he was British Foreign Secretary, Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron Carrington came to the helm of the North Atlantic Alliance on 25 June 1984. Carrington was particularly refined, cultivated and personable. He knew the names of all his staff and treated them like family.
He succeeded to the title in 1929. Carrington was the son of Rupert Carington, 4th Baron Carrington, and Edith, daughter of John Horsefall and Mary Maiden. He fought in the First World War as a captain in the Grenadier Guards and was twice wounded. After the war he served as a Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for Devon.
May 23, 2018 · views 1,812,607 updated May 23 2018. Carrington, Peter, 6th Baron Carrington (b. 1919). Carrington is one of the few hereditary peers to hold high office through the modern Conservative Party. After junior ministerial appointments, Carrington served as high commissioner in Australia 1956–9. He rose to prominence as opposition leader in the ...
Iona McClean (d. 2009) Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6:e baron Carrington, känd som Lord Carrington, född 6 juni 1919 i Chelsea i London, död 9 juli 2018 i London, [ 1][ 2] var en brittisk officer, affärsman och konservativ politiker. Han var brittisk utrikesminister mellan 1979 och 1982, då han avgick till följd av Falklandskriget ...
Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, Baron Carington of Upton, KG, GCMG, CH, MC, PC, DL (6 June 1919 – 9 July 2018), was a British Conservative Party politician and hereditary peer who served as Defence Secretary from 1970 to 1974, Foreign Secretary from 1979 to 1982, Chairman of
Jul 14, 2018 · Lord Carrington, 1919–2018. Peter Carington, the 6th Baron Carrington, passed away on July 9. He was the last surviving person to serve in government under Winston Churchill having been a Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture and then Defence when Churchill was Prime Minister from 1951 to 1955.
Jul 16, 2018 · Appreciation: Lord Carrington by James Douglas-Hamilton. Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, KG, GCMG, CH, MC, PC, DL. In his varied and colourful career Peter Carington was a ...
