Rupert Carington, 7th Baron Carrington
DL | |
|---|---|
 Lord 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 | |
Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 28 November 2018 as an elected hereditary peer | |
| Preceded by | The 5th Baron Northbourne |
| Ex officio as Lord Great Chamberlain 8 September 2022 | |
| Preceded by | The 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rupert Francis John Carington 2 December 1948 |
| Political party | Crossbench |
| Spouse |
Daniela Diotallevi (m. 1989) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parents |
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| Education | Eton College |
| Alma mater | University of Bristol |
Rupert Francis John Carington, 7th Baron Carrington, .
Lord Carrington has served as
Early life
Carrington is the third child and only son of
Educated at Eton College, Carrington went up to Bristol University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree.[3]
Carrington has two sisters, Alexandra (born 1943), married to Captain Peter de Bunsen,[4] and Virginia (born 1946), married to Henry Cubitt, 4th Baron Ashcombe (divorced).[5]
His maternal grandfather was civil engineer and aviator Sir Francis McClean.[6] His patrilineal ancestor Thomas Smith was the founder of Smith's Bank.[7]
Career
Carrington worked at the merchant bank Morgan, Grenfell & Co. for seventeen years[8] before starting his own financial advisory business, Rupert Carington Limited, in 1987.[9][10] He currently serves as Chairman of Vietnam Infrastructure Ltd. and of Schroder AsiaPacific Fund,[11] and as an international adviser to the LGT Group.[8]
He succeeded his father as Baron Carrington in July 2018,[3] 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.[12]
On the accession of Charles III in 2022, Carrington became Lord Great Chamberlain of England,[13] according to the hereditary rotation of the office among three noble families.[14]
Personal life
Carrington married Daniela Diotallevi on 12 September 1989; they have three children:[15]
- 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
Lord Carrington was appointed a
See also
References
- ^ "Coronation order of service in full". BBC News. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ Langdon, Julia (10 July 2018). "Lord Carrington obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
- ^ a b Burke's Peerage, volume 1 (2003), p. 706.
- ^ www.burkespeerage.com
- ^ "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 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.
- ^ "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.
