Baron Carrington

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Coat of arms of Baron Carrington

Baron Carrington is a hereditary British title of nobility created three times, once each in the Peerage of England , the Peerage of Ireland and the Peerage of Great Britain .

Awards

First award

In the first bestowal on October 31, 1643 in the Peerage of England, the title Baron Carrington , of Wootton in the County of Warwick , was bestowed on Sir Charles Smyth. On November 4, 1643, he was also raised in the Peerage of Ireland to Viscount Carrington , of Burford in the Province of Connaught . The barony was henceforth listed as a subordinate title to the Viscountcy.

With the death of his younger son, the 3rd Viscount, in 1706, both titles expired.

Second and third awards

In the second bestowal on July 11, 1796 in the Peerage of Ireland, the title Baron Carrington , of Bulcot Lodge, was created for Robert Smith, a long-time member of the House of Commons . By being awarded in the Peerage of Ireland, he was able to keep his seat in the British House of Commons. Only on October 20, 1797, he was raised in the third award in the Peerage of Great Britain to Baron Carrington , of Upton in the County of Nottingham , with whom a hereditary seat in the House of Lords was now connected and for which he was his lower house gave up.

His son, the 2nd Baron, changed his family name to Carrington in 1839 . His son, the 3rd Baron, changed his family name to Carington in 1880 and to Wynn-Carington in 1896 . This 3rd Baron, Robert Wynn-Carington , was a well-known Liberal politician. He was raised on July 16, 1895 to Earl Carrington and Viscount Wendover , of Chipping Wycombe in the County of Buckingham , and on February 26, 1912 to Marquess of Lincolnshire . All of these titles belonged to the Peerage of the United Kingdom . Since his only son and heir died in the First World War in 1915 without leaving any male descendants, these titles were extinguished when the Marquess died on June 13, 1928, while the Baronies Carrington passed to the younger brother of the Marquess as the 4th Baron. He too had changed his family name to Carington in 1880 .

His grandson, the 6th Baron, Peter Carington was a noted Conservative politician. He held various ministerial offices in conservative governments, including Foreign Minister from 1979 to 1982 , and was NATO Secretary General. On November 17, 1999 he received a life peerage as Baron Carington of Upton , of Upton in the County of Nottingham, so that he kept his seat in the House of Lords even after the House of Lords Act 1999 came into force .

List of Barons Carrington

Robert Wynn-Carington, 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire

Barone Carrington, first bestowal (1643)

Barone Carrington, second and third awards (1796; 1797)

Estimated heir ( Heir apparent ) is the son of the current baron, Hon. Robert Carington (* 1990).

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