William Carington

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Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Sir William Henry Peregrine Carington KCB PC GCVO JP (28 July 1845-7 October 1914), was a British soldier, politician and courtier.

Carington was the second son of Robert Carrington, 2nd Baron Carrington, and his second wife the Hon. Charlotte Augusta Annabella, daughter of Peter Drummond-Burrell, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby. Robert Wynn Carrington, 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire, was his elder brother and Rupert Carington, 4th Baron Carrington, his younger brother. He was educated at Eton and served in the Grenadier Guards, achieving the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. He fought in the Egyptian campaign of 1882 and was awarded a medal for his actions. He also sat as Member of Parliament for Wycombe between 1868 and 1883. Carington was a Groom in Waiting to Queen Victoria from 1880 to 1882, Acting Master of the Buckhounds from 1883 to 1884, Equerry to Queen Victoria from 1881 to 1901 and an Extra Equerry to King Edward VII from 1901 to 1910. In 1910 he was sworn of the Privy Council.

Carington married Julia, daughter of Francis Warden, in 1871. They had no children. She died in November 1913. Carington only survived her by eleven months and died in October 1914, aged 69.

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• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
• www.thepeerage.com
• The New York Times article on his death

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Remington Mills Robert Wynn-Carrington	Member of Parliament for Wycombe 1868–1883 (representation reduced to one member 1868)	Succeeded by Gerard Smith