Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington
Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron Carrington (6 June 1919 – 9 July 2018) was a British Conservative politician.[1]
The Lord Carrington | |
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| 6th Secretary General of NATO | |
| In office 25 June 1984 – 1 July 1988 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph Luns |
| Succeeded by | Manfred Wörner |
| Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | |
| In office 4 May 1979 – 5 April 1982 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | David Owen |
| Succeeded by | Francis Pym |
| Secretary of State for Energy | |
| In office 8 January 1974 – 4 March 1974 | |
| Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Eric Varley |
| Secretary of State for Defence | |
| In office 20 June 1970 – 8 January 1974 | |
| Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
| Preceded by | Denis Healey |
| Succeeded by | Ian Gilmour |
| Leader of the House of Lords | |
| In office 20 October 1963 – 16 October 1964 | |
| Prime Minister | Sir Alec Douglas-Home |
| Preceded by | The Viscount Hailsham |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Longford |
| Minister without Portfolio | |
| In office 20 October 1963 – 16 October 1964 | |
| Prime Minister | Sir Alec Douglas-Home |
| Preceded by | Bill Deedes |
| Succeeded by | George Thomson |
| First Lord of the Admiralty | |
| In office 14 October 1959 – 20 October 1963 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Selkirk |
| Succeeded by | The Earl Jellicoe |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 June 1919 Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom |
| Died | 9 July 2018 (aged 99) |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Iona Maclean |
| Children | Alexandra Virginia Rupert |
| Alma mater | Sandhurst |
| Awards |  Military Cross |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | British Empire |
| Branch/service | British Army |
| Years of service | 1939–1949 (inactive from 1945) |
| Rank | Major (Hon.) Captain |
| Unit | Grenadier Guards |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
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. He was the last surviving member of the Cabinets of both Harold Macmillan and Sir Alec Douglas-Home.
Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington Media
Stone set by Lord Carrington, while High Commissioner to Australia, at All Saints Church, Canberra.
Carington (then Foreign Secretary) and US Secretary of State Alexander Haig meet during a 1981 state visit by Margaret Thatcher to the US.
Carrington (then NATO Secretary General) with West German Foreign Minister Genscher in Bonn, 1984
Lord Carrington, as Chancellor of the Order of the Garter, in procession to St George's Chapel in 2006
References
- ↑ Lundy, Darryl. "Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron Carrington of Upton". Thepeerage.com. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
- ↑ "Ex-foreign secretary Lord Carrington dies". 10 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ↑ Langdon, Julia (10 July 2018). "Lord Carrington obituary". the Guardian. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
Other websites
- Announcement of his taking the oath under his new title at the House of Lords House of Lords minutes of proceedings, 17 November 1999
- Lord Carrington's views on the EU from the Daily Telegraph Archived 2008-01-11 at the Wayback Machine
- Thatcher's First Cabinet