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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 the General Electric Company from 1983 to ...
- Second World War
- 3, including Rupert
- 1939–1949 (inactive from 1945)
- Conservative
May 23, 2018 · views 3,666,517 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.
Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, Baron Carington of Upton, KG, GCMG, CH, MC, PC, DL , 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 the General Electric Company from 1983 to 1984, and Secretary General of ...
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Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron Carrington (6 June 1919 – 9 July 2018) was a British Conservative politician. He served as British Defence Secretary between 1970 and 1974, Foreign Secretary between 1979 and 1982 and as the sixth Secretary General of NATO from 1984 to 1988.
Primary Collection. NPG 6316. Sitter. Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron Carrington (1919-2018), Politician; 6th Secretary General of NATO. Sitter in 14 portraits. Artist. Tai-Shan Schierenberg (1962-), Painter. Artist or producer of 4 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait. Linked publications.
Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, also known as Baron Carington of Upton, was a British politician and a member of the 'Conservative Party.'. After graduating from the 'Royal Military College,' he joined the 'British Army' and fought in the Second World War. His gallant and meritorious service earned him the 'Military Cross.'.
Carrington, Peter Carington, 6th Baron, 1919–2018, British politician. Educated at Eton and Sandhurst, he succeeded to the peerage in 1938. After serving with distinction in World War II, he took his seat in the House of Lords, where he held
