Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington

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The Lord Carrington
Peter Carington 1984.jpg
Carrington in 1984
6th Secretary General of NATO
In office
25 June 1984 1 July 1988
In office
4 March 1974 4 May 1979

Lord Carrington married Iona McClean (19 March 1920 – 7 June 2009), daughter of Lt Col. Sir Francis McClean AFC and Aileen Wale, on 25 April 1942. They had three children: Alexandra de Bunsen DL (born 1943), Virginia Carington CVO (born 1946; formerly married to Lord Ashcombe), [44] and Rupert Carington, 7th Baron Carrington DL (born 1948). Lord Carrington's wife, Lady Carrington, died on 7 June 2009, aged 89. [45]

Carrington was a guest on BBC Radio 4's long-running programme Desert Island Discs in 1975 [46] and on the same station's A Good Read in 2004. [47]

In the 1977 war film A Bridge Too Far, John Stride played a Grenadier Guards captain at Nijmegen Bridge based on Carrington. This portrayal depicts the historical argument between Carrington and Major Julian Cook on whether to move forward along the "Hell's Highway" route. [48]

In February 1982 Carrington was portrayed by Rowan Atkinson in a Not the Nine O'Clock News parody of Question Time , pedantically discussing an imminent nuclear holocaust. [49] [50]

Carrington was portrayed by James Fox in the 2002 BBC production of Ian Curteis's The Falklands Play . [51] He was also briefly portrayed by James Smith in the 2011 film The Iron Lady , [52] and by Jeff Rawle in the 2014 play Handbagged . [53]

Honours

Lord Carrington, as Chancellor of the Order of the Garter, in procession to St George's Chapel in 2006 Lord Carrington.jpg
Lord Carrington, as Chancellor of the Order of the Garter, in procession to St George's Chapel in 2006

Honorary degrees


Arms

Coat of arms of Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington
Coat of Arms of Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington.svg
Notes
6th Baron Carrington since 1938
Coronet
A coronet of a Baron
Crest
An elephant's head erased or eared gules charged on the neck with three fleurs-de-lis, two and one azure.
Torse
Mantling: Or and sable.
Escutcheon
Or, a chevron cotised between three demi-griffins couped those in chief respectant sable. [69] [70]
Supporters
Two griffins wings elevated sable, the dexter charged on the body with three fleurs-de-lis palewise or and the sinister with three trefoils slipped palewise of the last. [71]
Motto
TENAX ET FIDELIS
Latin: Tenacious and faithful
Orders
The Order of the Garter circlet. [72]
Banner
Garter Banner of the 6th Baron Carrington.svg The banner of the Baron Carrington's arms as knight of the Garter

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Political offices
Preceded by Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries
1951–1954
Served alongside: Richard Nugent
Succeeded by
Preceded by Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence
1954–1956
Succeeded by
Preceded by First Lord of the Admiralty
1959–1963
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Preceded by Minister without Portfolio
1963–1964
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Preceded by Leader of the House of Lords
1963–1964
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Preceded by Secretary of State for Defence
1970–1974
Succeeded by
New office Secretary of State for Energy
1974
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Preceded by Foreign Secretary
1979–1982
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Diplomatic posts
Preceded by High Commissioner to Australia
1956–1959
Succeeded by
Preceded by Secretary General of NATO
1984–1988
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Party political offices
Preceded by Leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Lords
1963–1970
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chairman of the Conservative Party
1972–1974
Succeeded by
Preceded by Leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Lords
1974–1979
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Business positions
Preceded by Chairman of the Australia and New Zealand Bank Ltd
1967 1969
Merged into ANZ Banking Group
New title Chairman of ANZ Banking Group
1969 1970
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Academic offices
Preceded by Chancellor of the University of Reading
1992–2007
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Honorary titles
Preceded by Chancellor of the Order of the Garter
1994–2012
Succeeded by
Preceded by Longest-serving member in the House of Lords
2007–2018
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Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Baron Carrington
2nd creation
1938–2018
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Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Baron Carrington
3rd creation
1938–2018
Member of the House of Lords
(1940–1999)
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