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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 ...
Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, British politician who was secretary-general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) from 1984 to 1988. He previously had served as foreign secretary (1979–82) under Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Learn more about his life and career.
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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.
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.
Jan 31, 2019 · Today a memorial service is held at Westminster Abbey for the former foreign secretary Lord (Peter) Carrington, who died last July aged 99. Over a life-time of public service, he served...
May 23, 2018 · views 3,666,517 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.
