Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington
On the accession of Charles III became Lord Great Chamberlain of England
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Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington
Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, Baron Carington of Upton, was a British Conservative Party politician and hereditary peer who served as Defence Secretary from 1970 to 1974, Foreign Secretary from 1979 to 1982, chairman of the General Electric Company from 1983 to 1984, and Secretary General of NATO from 1984 to 1988. In Margaret Thatcher's first government, he played a majo…
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politics · British politician (1919–2018) · politician · diplomat · land owner · minister · also Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, Lord Carrington, Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron Carrington of Upton, Carrington
Born 6 June 1919 · Died 9 July 2018 · Q335038
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2018· 1 entry
Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington
Died 2018-07-09.
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1999· 1 entry
Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington
Career landmark: member of the House of Lords (1999–2018).
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1991· 1 entry
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Presided over diplomatic talks about the breakup of Yugoslavia and attempted to pass a plan to end the wars and result in each republic becoming an independent nation
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1988· 1 entry
Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington
Won Presidential Medal of Freedom presented by Ronald Reagan (1988).
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1985· 1 entry
Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington
Awarded Order of the Garter (1985).
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1984· 1 entry
Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington
Career landmark: Secretary General of NATO (1984–1988).
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1982· 1 entry
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When Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands
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1979· 3 entries
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Attended by Ian Smith, Abel Muzorewa, Robert Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo and Josiah Tongogara, which brought to an end Rhodesia's Bush War
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Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington
Was made Foreign Secretary and Minister for Overseas Development in the first cabinet of Margaret Thatcher
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Career landmark: Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1979–1982).
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1975· 1 entry
Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington
And on the same station's A Good Read in 2004
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1974· 1 entry
Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington
Career landmark: Secretary of State for Energy (1974–1974).
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1972· 1 entry
Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington
Career landmark: Chairman of the Conservative Party (1972–1974).
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1970· 2 entries
Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington
Under Edward Heath, Carington became Defence Secretary, where he remained until the February 1974 general election
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Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington
Career landmark: Secretary of State for Defence (1970–1974).
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1968· 1 entry
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After Enoch Powell was dismissed, following his controversial Rivers of Blood speech on immigration
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1963· 1 entry
Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington
Career landmark: Leader of the House of Lords (1963–1964).
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1959· 1 entry
Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington
Career landmark: First Lord of the Admiralty (1959–1963).
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1956· 1 entry
Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington
Career landmark: High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Australia (1956–1959).
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1940· 2 entries
Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington
Since he was on active service he did not do so until 9 October 1945
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Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington
Career landmark: member of the House of Lords (1940–1999).
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1938· 1 entry
Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington
Carington succeeded his father as 6th Baron Carrington
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1919· 1 entry
Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington
Born 1919-06-06.
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1880· 1 entry
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By the 2nd Baron's sons, but the spelling of the title did not change
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