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They had three children: Alexandra de Bunsen DL (born 1943), Virginia Carington CVO (born 1946; formerly married to Lord Ashcombe), and Rupert Carington, 7th Baron Carrington DL (born 1948). Carington's wife, Lady Carrington, died on 7 June 2009, aged 89.
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 Organization (NATO) from 1984 to 1988. He previously held posts in the administrations of various Conservative prime ministers, notably serving as foreign secretary (1979 ...
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Rupert Carington 4th Baron Carrington 1852–1929: Viscountcy, earldom and marquessate extinct: Albert Wynn-Carington Viscount Wendover 1895–1915: Rupert Carington 5th Baron Carrington 1891–1938: Peter Carington 6th Baron Carrington 1919–2018: Rupert Carington 7th Baron Carrington born 1948: Hon. Robert Carington born 1990: Alexander ...
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.
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.
In 1942 he married Ioana McClean, with whom he has two daughters and one son. Although he did not leave the army until 1949 he first took his seat in the Lords in October 1945. On leaving the army he soon became involved in Conservative politics, holding junior cabinet posts in the 1950 and briefly serving as High Commissioner to Australia.
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. 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 ...
