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Jul 10, 2018 · Lord Carrington: Last of Churchill’s cabinet who resigned as Thatcher’s foreign secretary over the Falklands. His warnings against the withdrawal of Britain’s sole patrol vessel in the South ...
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 1984, and Secretary General of NATO from 1984 to 1988.
- Second World War
- 3, including Rupert
- 1939–1949 (inactive from 1945)
- Conservative
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Lord Carrington dies: Former Foreign Secretary who resigned over Falklands dead aged 99. Hereditary peer was the last surviving member of Winston Churchill’s government of the 1950s
Jul 10, 2018 · Julia Langdon. Tue 10 Jul 2018 09.25 EDT. Last modified on Fri 27 Jul 2018 06.54 EDT. Peter Carrington, Lord Carrington, who has died aged 99, was the longest serving member of the House of Lords ...
Jul 11, 2018 · Lord Carrington, the sixth baron of Carrington, was the longest-serving member of the House of Lords and a descendant of textile merchants, bankers and members of Parliament dating to the 18th ...
Apr 6, 1982 · CARRINGTON RESIGNATION TEXT. Share full article. AP. April 6, 1982; ... Following is the text of Lord Carrington's letter of resignation as Foreign Secretary, which was sent to Prime Minister ...
Jul 10, 2018 · 10 July 2018. PA. Lord Carrington with then Prime Minister Thatcher in 1980. Former UK Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington, who was the last surviving member of Churchill's 1950s government, has ...
