Rupert Carington, 7th Baron Carrington
The Lord Carrington | |
|---|---|
 Carrington in 2019 | |
| Lord Great Chamberlain | |
| Assumed office 8 September 2022 | |
| Monarch | Charles III |
| Preceded by | The 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Hereditary peerage 28 November 2018 | |
| Election | 28 November 2018 |
| Preceded by | The 5th Baron Northbourne |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rupert Francis John Carington 2 December 1948 |
| Political party | None (crossbench) |
| Spouse |
Daniela Diotallevi (m. 1989) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parents |
|
| Education | Eton College |
| Alma mater | University 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.
Since the accession of Charles III in September 2022, he has served as Lord Great Chamberlain of England.
Early life
Carrington was the third child and only son of Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington (1919–2018), and his wife Iona née McClean (1920–2009).[1] 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. He went on to become the sixth 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).[2] His maternal grandfather was civil engineer and aviator Francis McClean.[3] His ancestor Thomas Smith was the founder of Smith's Bank.[4]
He was educated at Eton College and graduated from Bristol University with a Bachelor of Science degree.[5]
Career
Carrington worked at the merchant bank Morgan, Grenfell & Co. for seventeen 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 succeeded his father as Baron Carrington in July 2018[5][10] and became a member of the House of Lords in November of that year, after winning a Crossbench hereditary peers' by-election, following the retirement of Lord Northbourne.[11]
On the accession of Charles III in 2022, he became Lord Great Chamberlain of England,[12] due to the rotation of the office between three families.[13]
Personal life
Carrington married Daniela Diotallevi (born 1959) on 12 September 1989. They have three children:[14][10]
- Hon. Robert Carington (born 7 December 1990, heir apparent)
- Hon. Francesca Aurora 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.[15]
References
- ^ Langdon, Julia (10 July 2018). "Lord Carrington obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ^ "Lord Ashcombe - obituary". The Telegraph. 25 December 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ Hon. Rupert Francis John Carrington, gen.cookancestry.com.
- ^ J. Leighton Boyce, Smith's the Bankers 1658–1958 (1958).
- ^ a b Burke's Peerage, volume 1 (2003), p. 706
- ^ a b Rupert Francis John Carington, bloomberg.com.
- ^ Rupert Carington Limited, beta.companieshouse.gov.uk.
- ^ Rupert Carington Limited, beta.companieshouse.gov.uk.
- ^ Rupert Francis John Carington, www.4-traders.com.
- ^ a b "Rupert Francis John Carington, 7th Baron Carrington of Upton". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
- ^ "Crossbench hereditary peers' by-election, November 2018: result" (PDF). House of Lords. 28 November 2018.
- ^ Dora Davies-Evitt, The Marquess of Cholmondeley replaced by Lord Carrington as Lord Great Chamberlain, Tatler, 13 September 2022
- ^ "Position of the Lord Great Chamberlain following the demise of the monarch (Freedom of Information request)" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- ^ Carington, Rupert Francis John, Webb-site Who's Who.
- ^ "No. 55667". The London Gazette. 15 November 1999. p. 12117.
- 1948 births
- Living people
- British bankers
- Alumni of the University of Bristol
- Crossbench hereditary peers
- Deputy Lieutenants of Buckinghamshire
- Hereditary peers elected under the House of Lords Act
- Lord Great Chamberlains
- Eldest sons of British hereditary barons
- People educated at Eton College
- People from Buckinghamshire
- Smith and Carington family
- Barons Carrington
- Sons of life peers