Robert Carrington, 2nd Baron Carrington
Robert John Carrington, 2nd Baron Carrington (16 January 1796 – 17 March 1868) was a baron in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. He was the son of Robert Smith, 1st Baron Carrington, and Anne Boldero-Barnard. The Smith family adopted the name "Carrington" in 1839.
Family
Carrington married twice, firstly, in 1822, the Hon. Elizabeth Katherine Weld-Forester (1803–1832), daughter of Cecil Weld-Forester, 1st Baron Forester, and Lady Katherine Mary Manners. They had one daughter. After the death of his first wife (from cholera), he married, secondly, in 1840, the Hon. Charlotte Augusta Annabella Drummond-Willoughby (1815–1879), daughter of Peter Drummond-Burrell, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby, and Lady Sarah Clementina Drummond. They had three sons and two daughters.
Issue
| Life span | Marriage(s) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| by Elizabeth Katherine Weld-Forester | |||
| Hon. Cecil Katherine Mary Carrington | Died 1907 | Married Charles Colville, 1st Viscount Colville of Culross, son of General Sir Charles Colville and Jane Mure; had issue. | |
| by Charlotte Augusta Annabella Drummond-Willoughby | |||
| Hon. Augusta Clementina Carrington | 1841–1922 | Married Archibald Campbell, son of Archibald Campbell and Caroline Agnes Dick, and in 1880 created Baronet (of Blythswood), in 1892 created Baron Blythswood; no issue. | |
| Hon. Charles Robert Carrington, later 3rd Baron Carrington | 1843–1928 | Married Hon. Cecilia Margaret Harbord, daughter of Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield, and Cecilia Annetta Baring; had issue. | Was created Earl Carrington in 1905 and Marquess of Lincolnshire in 1912. |
| Hon. William Henry Peregrine Carrington, later Sir William Carington | 1845–1914 | Married Julia Warden, daughter of Francis Warden; no issue. | |
| Hon. Eva Elizabeth Carrington | 1847–1919 | Married Charles Stanhope, Viscount Petersham, son of Charles Stanhope, 7th Earl of Harrington, and Elizabeth Still de Pearsall, and later 8th Earl of Harrington; no issue. | |
| Hon. Rupert Clement George Carrington, later 4th Baron Carrington | 1852–1929 | Married Edith Horsefall, daughter of John Horsefall; had issue. | Inherited the barony from his older brother, who died without surviving male issue. |
Other descendants
Among Carrington's descendants through his first daughter were his grandson Admiral Sir Stanley Colville and his great-grandson (the Admiral's nephew) Sir John "Jock" Colville.
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.
References
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Robert Carrington