Background
Carington was the second son of Robert Carrington, 2nd Baron Carrington, and his second wife the Honorary Charlotte Augusta Annabella Drummond-Burrell, daughter of Peter Drummond-Burrell, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby.
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William Carington
Edit ProfileMember of Parliament in the United Kingdom
Career
Carington was a Groom in Waiting to Queen Victoria from 1880 to 1882. He was 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. He also served as Comptroller and Treasurer to the Prince of Wales (later King George V) from 1901.
In 1910 he was sworn of the Privy Council.
Carington married Juliet Warden, daughter of Francis Warden, of New York, on 23 September 1871. They had no children.
She died in November 1913. Carington only survived her by eleven months and died aged 69.
Achievements
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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. In November 1901 he was invested as a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order), and the following January he received the Prussian Order of the Crown, second class, with star, when he accompanied the Prince of Wales on a visit to Berlin for the birthday of Emperor Wilhelm World War II
Membership
20th United Kingdom Parliament. 21st United Kingdom Parliament. 22nd United Kingdom Parliament]
Carington was elected Member of Parliament for Wycombe in 1868 and held the seat until 1883.
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Nationality
United Kingdom