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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 1984, and Secretary General of NATO from 1984 to 1988.
- Second World War
- 3, including Rupert
- 1939–1949 (inactive from 1945)
- Conservative
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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British Political Leaders. Childhood & Early Life. Peter Alexander Rupert Carington was born on June 6, 1919, in Chelsea, London, England. He was the only son of Sybil Marion Colville and Rupert Victor John Carington, 5th Baron Carrington. He attended the 'Sandroyd School,' Cobham, Surrey, and later graduated from 'Eton College,' Eton, Berkshire.
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May 23, 2018 · views 2,158,285 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 ...
Peter Alexander Rupert [Carington], 6th Baron Carrington, KG GCMG CH MC PC DL. born. 6 Jun 1919. mar. 25 Apr 1942 Iona McClean (d. 7 Jun 2009), 2nd dau. of Lt Col Sir Francis Kennedy McClean AFC, of Huntercombe Place, Henley-on-Thames, co. Berkshire, High Sheriff of Oxfordshire 1932, by his wife Aileen Wale, dau. of W H Wale. children. 1. Hon ...
Biography. Peter Carrington was born in Chelsea on 6 June 1919, the only son of the 5th Baron Carrington and Sibyl Colville. He was educated at Eton and Sandhurst, and after his father’s death in 1938 he succeeded his father as the 6th Baron when he was just 19 years old. During the war he served in the Grenadier Guards, reaching the rank of ...
Jul 10, 2018 · July 10, 2018 at 12:51 p.m. EDT. Peter Carington, Lord Carrington, in 1956. (Dennis Oulds) Lord Carrington, the House of Lords member who served six British prime ministers and was the last ...
