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He was the second longest-serving member of the Privy Council after the Duke of Edinburgh . He died on 9 July 2018, aged 99, of natural causes [42] [43] [4] at his home, the Manor House, [44] in Bledlow, Buckinghamshire. [45] His son Rupert succeeded him as 7th Baron Carrington.
Died: July 9, 2018 (aged 99) Title / Office: foreign minister (1979-1982), United Kingdom. Political Affiliation: Conservative Party. Role In: Falkland Islands War. Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington (born June 6, 1919, London, England—died July 9, 2018) was a British politician who was secretary-general of the North Atlantic Treaty ...
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Jul 14, 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.
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. He was the last surviving member of the Cabinets of both Harold Macmillan and Sir Alec Douglas-Home . Carington died on 9 July 2018, aged 99. [2] [3]
Jul 10, 2018 · LONDON (AP) — Peter Carington, a long-serving British politician who was the last survivor of Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s government, has died, the government said Tuesday. He was 99. The House of Lords website said he died Monday.
Jan 31, 2019 · Dr Richard Smith, 31 January 2019 - Civil service, Foreign affairs and diplomacy. Today a memorial service is held at Westminster Abbey for the former foreign secretary Lord (Peter)...
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.
