Rupert Carington, 7th Baron Carrington

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. 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. 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: • 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 Deputy Lieutenant for Buckinghamshire in November 1999. ==References==