| Peter Carington AKA Peter Alexander Rupert Carington Born: 6-Jun-1919
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 9-Jul-2018
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Government Nationality: England
Executive summary: UK Foreign Secretary, 1979-82 Military service: British Army (Grenadier Guards, Maj., WWII) Hereditary peerage as Baron Carrington (two R's), 6th Baron. Father: Rupert Victor John Carington, 5th Baron Carrington (b. 20-Dec-1891, d. 19-Nov-1938)
Mother: Sybil Marion Colville (b. 21-Jul-1897, d. 30-Sep-1946)
Wife: Iona McClean (m. 25-Apr-1942, d. 2009, two daughters, one son)
Daughter: Alexandra Carington (b. 1943)
Daughter: Virginia Carington (b. 1946)
Son: Rupert Francis John Carington (b. 1948)
High School: Eton College
Military College: Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Chancellor: University of Reading
Secretary General of NATO (1984-88)
UK Foreign Secretary (1979-82)
UK Secretary of State for Energy (1974)
UK Secretary of State for Defence (1970-74)
UK Leader of the House of Lords (1963-64)
UK Minister Without Portfolio (1963-64)
UK Official First Lord of the Admiralty (1959-63)
UK Official High Commissioner to Australia (1956-59)
UK Official Parliamentary Secy., Ministry of Defence (1954-56)
UK Official Parliamentary Secy., Ministry for Agriculture and Food (1951-54)
Bilderberg Group
Conservative Party (UK) Chairman (1972-74)
Pilgrims Society President (1983)
Member of the Board of Barclays
Member of the Board of Christie's
Member of the Board of Schweppes
Military Cross 1945
Life Peerage 1999 as Baron Carington of Upton
Author of books:
Reflecting on Things Past: The Memoirs of Peter Lord Carrington (1988, memoir)
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