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The Right Honourable
The Lord Carrington
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| 6th Secretary General of NATO | |
| In office 25 June 1984 – 1 July 1988 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph Luns |
| Succeeded by | Manfred Wörner |
| Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | |
| In office 4 May 1979 – 5 April 1982 |
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| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | David Owen |
| Succeeded by | Francis Pym |
| Secretary of State for Energy | |
| In office 8 January 1974 – 4 March 1974 |
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| Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Eric Varley |
| Secretary of State for Defence | |
| In office 20 June 1970 – 8 January 1974 |
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| Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
| Preceded by | Denis Healey |
| Succeeded by | Ian Gilmour |
| Leader of the House of Lords | |
| In office 20 October 1963 – 16 October 1964 |
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| Prime Minister | Sir Alec Douglas-Home |
| Preceded by | The Viscount Hailsham |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Longford |
| Minister without Portfolio | |
| In office 20 October 1963 – 16 October 1964 |
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| Prime Minister | Sir Alec Douglas-Home |
| Preceded by | Bill Deedes |
| Succeeded by | George Thomson |
| First Lord of the Admiralty | |
| In office 14 October 1959 – 20 October 1963 |
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| Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan |
| Preceded by | The Earl of Selkirk |
| Succeeded by | The Earl Jellicoe |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 June 1919 (1919-06-06) (age 100) Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Iona Maclean |
| Children | Alexandra Virginia Rupert |
| Alma mater | Sandhurst |
| Awards |  Military Cross |
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| Allegiance | British Empire |
| Branch/service | British Army |
| Years of service | 1939–1949 (inactive from 1945) |
| Rank | Major (Hon.) Captain |
| Unit | Grenadier Guards |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron Carrington (born 6 June 1919) is a British Conservative politician.
He served as British Defence Secretary between 1970 and 1974, Foreign Secretary between 1979 and 1982 and as the sixth Secretary General of NATO from 1984 to 1988. He is the last surviving member of the Cabinets of both Harold Macmillan and Sir Alec Douglas-Home.
Carrington (then Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs) and Alexander Haig (then US Secretary of State) meeting during visit of Margaret Thatcher to the United States
Lord Carrington, as Chancellor of the Order of the Garter, in procession to St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in 2006
A stone set by Lord Carrington while High Commissioner to Australia, at the All Saints Church, Canberra
