Rupert Carington, 7th Baron Carrington

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

This article is about the hereditary peer. For the life peer, see Matthew Carrington, Baron Carrington of Fulham.

The Right Honourable

The Lord Carrington

DL
Lord Carrington in 2019
Member of the House of Lords
Excepted hereditary
Assumed office
28 November 2018
Preceded byLord Northbourne
Personal details
Born
Rupert Francis John Carington

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

Background and education

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]

His father was at the time 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.

His mother was a daughter of civil engineer and aviator Francis McClean.[3] He has two sisters, Alexandra (born 1943), married to Captain Peter de Bunsen, and Virginia (born 1946), married to Henry Cubitt, 4th Baron Ashcombe (divorced).[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]

Marriage and children

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. "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. Hon. Rupert Francis John Carrington, gen.cookancestry.com.
  4. "Lord Ashcombe - obituary". The Telegraph. 25 December 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  5. J. Leighton Boyce, Smith's the Bankers 1658–1958 (1958).
  6. 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
Peter Carington		 Baron Carrington
3rd creation
2018–present
Member of the House of Lords
(2018–present)		 Incumbent
Heir apparent:
Hon. Robert Carington
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
The Lord Northbourne		 Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lords
under of the House of Lords Act 1999
2018–present		 Incumbent
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