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Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington

1919 - 2018

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Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, Baron Carington of Upton (6 June 1919 – 9 July 2018), was a British Conservative Party politician and hereditary peer who served as Defence Secretary from 1970 to 1974, Foreign Secretary from 1979 to 1982, chairman of the General Electric Company from 1983 to 1984, and Secretary General of NATO from 1984 to 1988. In Margaret Thatcher's first government, he played a major role in negotiating the Lancaster House Agreement that ended the conflict in Rhodesia and enabled the creation of Zimbabwe. Carington later served as the Chairman of the Steering Committee for the Bilderberg Group's meetings from 1990 to 1998. Carington was Foreign Secretary in 1982 when Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington is the 2,341st most popular politician (up from 14,354th in 2019), the 572nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,520th in 2019) and the 119th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington ranks 2,341 out of 19,576. Before him are Shepseskaf, Anchises, Manasseh, Kitbuqa, Gaston Doumergue, and William II of Holland. After him are Andrew Mellon, Dardanus, Abd al-Rahman II, Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia, Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, and Uesugi Kenshin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington ranks 24. Before him are Desmond Doss, Matilde Camus, Walter Scheel, Fausto Coppi, Pierre Trudeau, and Georgios Papadopoulos. After him are Lino Ventura, Margot Fonteyn, Jack Palance, Donald Pleasence, Pete Seeger, and Nat King Cole. Among people deceased in 2018, Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington ranks 35. Before him are Burton Richter, Günter Blobel, Avicii, Paul Bocuse, Billy Graham, and Paul D. Boyer. After him are Roy J. Glauber, Hubert de Givenchy, Arvid Carlsson, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Thomas A. Steitz, and John Gavin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington ranks 572 out of 8,785. Before him are John Cleese (1939), John Hicks (1904), Eadweard Muybridge (1830), John Bowlby (1907), Jim Clark (1936), and Stanley Matthews (1915). After him are James Hutton (1726), Thomas Cromwell (1485), John Knox (1514), Christopher Wren (1632), John Turner (1929), and James Bradley (1693).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington ranks 119. Before him are Edmund Crouchback (1245), James IV of Scotland (1473), Edmund I (921), Kenneth MacAlpin (810), Austen Chamberlain (1863), and Harold Wilson (1916). After him are John Turner (1929), Domnall mac Ailpín (812), David II of Scotland (1324), Edwin of Northumbria (586), Eystein II of Norway (1125), and Arthur Balfour (1848).

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