Background
He was the son of Robert Smith, 1st Baron Carrington, and Anne Boldero-Barnard.
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The Smith family adopted the name "Carrington" in 1839. Carrington married twice, firstly, in 1822, the Honorary Elizabeth Katherine Weld-Forester (1803–1832), daughter of Cecil Weld-Forester, 1st Baron Forester, and Lady Katherine Mary Manners.
They had one daughter.
Charlotte Augusta Annabella Drummond-Willoughby (1815–1879), daughter of Peter Drummond-Burrell, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby, and Lady Sarah Clementina Drummond. Issue
Other descendants
Another great-grandson, through Carrington"s third son Rupert, is Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, a Conservative politician who served as Foreign Secretary in the Cabinet of Margaret Thatcher from 1979 to 1982.
Membership
Royal Society; 6th United Kingdom Parliament. 7th United Kingdom Parliament. 8th United Kingdom Parliament.
9th United Kingdom Parliament.
10th United Kingdom Parliament. 11th United Kingdom Parliament.
12th United Kingdom Parliament. 13th United Kingdom Parliament.
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Born
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Died
March 17, 1868 (aged 72) -
Nationality
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Political Party
Conservative