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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.
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.
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From the death of Lord Jellicoe in 2007, he was the longest-serving member of the House of Lords, having taken his seat in 1945, and also the oldest member. As of 2018, the baronies are held by his son Rupert Carington, 7th Baron Carrington, who is the current Lord Great Chamberlain since September 2022.
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.
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 ...
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.
