Rupert Carington, 7th Baron Carrington

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The Right Honourable
The Lord Carrington
DL
Official portrait of Lord Carrington crop 2.jpg
Lord Carrington in 2019
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
28 November 2018
as an elected hereditary peer
Preceded byLord Northbourne
Personal details
Born
Rupert Francis John Carington

(1948-12-02) 2 December 1948 (age 73)
Political partyNone (crossbench)
Spouse(s)
Daniela Diotallevi
​
(m. 1989)​
Children3
Parent(s)
EducationEton College
Alma materUniversity of Bristol

Rupert Francis John Carington, 7th Baron Carrington, DL (born 2 December 1948), is a British businessman and crossbench member of the House of Lords who succeeded his father as the 7th Baron Carrington on 9 July 2018.[1]

Early life[]

Carrington was born as the third child and only son to Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington (1919–2018), and his wife Iona née McClean (1920–2009).[2] At the time of his birth, his father was in the beginning of his political career, and would later hold several prominent positions, including those of Defence Secretary and Foreign Secretary in the first Thatcher ministry, and 6th Secretary General of NATO.

Carrington has two sisters, Alexandra (born 1943), married to Captain Peter de Bunsen, and Virginia (born 1946), married to Henry Cubitt, 4th Baron Ashcombe (divorced).[3] His maternal grandfather was civil engineer and aviator Francis McClean.[4] His ancestor Thomas Smith was the founder of Smith's Bank.[5]

He was educated at Eton College and graduated from Bristol University with a Bachelor of Science degree.

Career[]

Carrington worked at the merchant bank Morgan, Grenfell & Co. for 17 years[6] before starting his own financial advisory business, Rupert Carington Limited, in 1987.[7][8] He currently serves as Chairman of Vietnam Infrastructure Ltd. and of Schroder AsiaPacific Fund,[9] and as an international adviser at the LGT Group.[6]

He became a member of the House of Lords in November 2018, after winning a Crossbench hereditary peers' by-election, following the retirement of Lord Northbourne.[10]

Personal life[]

Carrington married Daniela Diotallevi (born 1959) on 12 September 1989. They have three children:[11][1]

  • Hon. Robert Carington (born 7 December 1990, heir apparent)
  • Hon. Francesca Carington (born 24 July 1993)
  • Hon. Isabella Iona Carington (born 19 May 1995)

Honours[]

Carrington was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Buckinghamshire in November 1999.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Rupert Francis John Carington, 7th Baron Carrington of Upton". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  2. ^ Langdon, Julia (10 July 2018). "Lord Carrington obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Lord Ashcombe - obituary". The Telegraph. 25 December 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  4. ^ Hon. Rupert Francis John Carrington, gen.cookancestry.com.
  5. ^ J. Leighton Boyce, Smith's the Bankers 1658–1958 (1958).
  6. ^ a b Rupert Francis John Carington, bloomberg.com.
  7. ^ Rupert Carington Limited, beta.companieshouse.gov.uk.
  8. ^ Rupert Carington Limited, beta.companieshouse.gov.uk.
  9. ^ Rupert Francis John Carington, www.4-traders.com.
  10. ^ "Crossbench hereditary peers' by-election, November 2018: result" (PDF). House of Lords. 28 November 2018.
  11. ^ Carington, Rupert Francis John, Webb-site Who's Who.
  12. ^ "No. 55667". The London Gazette. 15 November 1999. p. 12117.
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Baron Carrington
3rd creation
2018–present 		Incumbent
Heir apparent:
Hon. Robert Carington
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Baron Carrington
2018–present 		Incumbent
Heir apparent:
Hon. Robert Carington
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lords
under the House of Lords Act 1999
2018–present 		Incumbent
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