Baron Carrington

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The Barony of Carrington has been created three times: once in the Peerage of England, once in the Peerage of Ireland and once in the Peerage of Great Britain. The first barony (which was held along with a Viscountcy) became extinct in 1706. The Barony was revived in 1796 when Robert Smith was created Baron Carrington, of Bulcot Lodge, in the Peerage of Ireland. One year later he was made Baron Carrington, of Upton in the County of Nottinghamshire, in the Peerage of Great Britain. These titles are still extant.

The third Baron Carrington was also created, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, Earl Carrington and Viscount Wendover, of Chepping Wycombe in the County of Buckinghamshire, in 1895 and Marquess of Lincolnshire in 1912. All three titles became extinct at his death in 1928 because he had no surviving male heirs (his only son was killed in the First World War). Under King George V, he held also the Lord Great Chamberlainship, 25% of which he inherited from his mother and then was inherited by his daughters as co-heiresses (5% each).

The sixth Baron Carrington was also created a life peer as Baron Carington of Upton, of Upton in the County of Nottinghamshire, (spelled with a single "r") in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

The present Barons Carrington are related to the Barons Bicester. The first Baron Carrington's younger brother John Smith was the great-grandfather of Vivian Hugh Smith, who was created Baron Bicester in 1938.