Rupert Francis John Carington, 7th Baron Carrington (born 2 December 1948), is a British banker, hereditary peer and former crossbench member of the House of Lords.
Lord Carrington has served as Lord Great Chamberlain of England since the accession of Charles III in September 2022. In that role, he took part in the coronation of Charles III and Camilla.
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Early life
Carrington was born in 1948 as the third child and only son of Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington (1919–2018), and his wife Iona née McClean (1920–2009). 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 in the Heath ministry and Foreign Secretary in the first Thatcher ministry, and Secretary General of NATO.
He was educated at Eton College, and then the University of Bristol, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree.
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).
His maternal grandfather was civil engineer and aviator Sir Francis McClean. His patrilineal ancestor Thomas Smith was the founder of Smith's Bank.
Career
Carrington worked at the merchant bank Morgan, Grenfell & Co. for seventeen years before starting his own financial advisory business, Rupert Carington Limited, in 1987. He is chairman of Vietnam Infrastructure Ltd. and of Schroder AsiaPacific Fund, and is an international adviser to the LGT Group.
He succeeded his father as Baron Carrington in July 2018, and became a member of the House of Lords in December of that year, after winning a crossbench hereditary peers' by-election, following the retirement of Lord Northbourne.
On the accession of Charles III in 2022, Carrington became Lord Great Chamberlain of England, according to the hereditary rotation of the office among three noble families.
Personal life
Carrington married Daniela Diotallevi on 12 September 1989; they have three children, including Robert Peter Flavio Carington,heir apparent.
Honours
Lord Carrington was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Buckinghamshire in November 1999.