Robert Carrington, 2nd Baron Carrington

The Right Honourable The Lord Carrington FRS
Member of Parliament forWycombe
In office 1 June 1831 – 18 August 1837
Preceded by	Sir John Dashwood-King
Succeeded by	George Robert Smith
Member of Parliament forBuckinghamshire
In office 14 April 1820 – 1 June 1831
Preceded by	William Selby Lowndes
Succeeded by	John Smith
Member of Parliament forWendover
In office 4 August 1818 – 14 April 1820
Preceded by	Abel Smith
Succeeded by	Samuel Smith
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 18 September 1838 – 17 March 1868 Hereditary peerage
Preceded by	The 1st Baron Carrington
Succeeded by	The 3rd Baron Carrington
Personal details
Born	Robert John Smith 16 January 1796
Died	17 March 1868(1868-03-17)(aged 72)
Political party	Whigs
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Weld-Forester Charlotte Drummond-Willoughby
Children	6
Parent(s)	Robert Smith, 1st Baron Carrington Anne Boldero-Barnard

Arms of Smith:Or, a chevron cotised sable between three demi-griffins couped of the last the two in chief respecting each other

Robert John Carrington, 2nd Baron Carrington,FRS(16 January 1796 – 17 March 1868), was a politician and abaronin thePeerage of Great Britain.He was the son ofRobert Smith, 1st Baron Carrington,and Anne Boldero-Barnard.He adopted the name "Carrington" in 1839.

Politics

Still named Smith, he served as a Member of Parliament forWendoverfrom 1818. He had succeeded his first cousinAbel Smithon the seat, and served together with his uncle,George Smith.He was succeeded by another of his uncles,Samuel Smith,the father of his predecessor, in 1820.

He was then elected MP forBuckinghamshire,succeedingWilliam Selby Lowndes,and serving with theMarquess of Chandos.He was succeeded byJohn Smith,another uncle, in 1831.

The same year, he was elected MP forWycombe,succeedingSir John Dashwood-King, 4th Bt,and serving with, in turn,Sir Thomas Baring, 2nd Bt(until 1832),Charles Grey(1832–1837) andGeorge Dashwood,later 5th Bt (from 1837) – the latter being the son of Smith's predecessor on the seat. After his father's death in 1838, and on his inheritance of the barony, he was succeeded on the Wycombe seat by his first cousin,George Robert Smith.He was elected to theRoyal Societyas a Fellow in 1839. Later that year he adopted the name Carrington by Royal Licence.

He held the honorary title ofLord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshirefrom 1838 until his death in 1868.

Family

He married twice, firstly, in 1822, the Hon. Elizabeth Katherine Weld-Forester (1803–1832), daughter ofCecil Weld-Forester, 1st Baron Forester,and Lady Katherine Mary Manners. They had one daughter. After the death of his first wife (fromcholera), he married, secondly, in 1840, the Hon. Charlotte Augusta Annabella Drummond-Willoughby (1815–1879), daughter ofPeter 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. Cecile Katherine Mary Carrington	died 1907	MarriedCharles Colville, 10th Lord Colville of Culross(later createdViscount Colville of Culross), son of GeneralSir Charles Colvilleand Jane Mure; had issue.
by Charlotte Augusta Annabella Drummond-Willoughby
Hon. Augusta Clementina Carrington	1841–1922	MarriedArchibald Campbell(later 1stBaron Blythswood), son ofArchibald Campbelland Caroline Dick; no issue.
Hon. Charles Robert Carrington, later 3rd Baron Carrington	1843–1928	Married Hon. Cecilia Harbord, daughter ofCharles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield,and Cecilia 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	MarriedCharles Stanhope, Viscount Petersham(later 8thEarl of Harrington), son ofCharles Stanhope, 7th Earl of Harrington,and Elizabeth Still de Pearsall; 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 Cecile were his grandson AdmiralSir Stanley Colvilleand his great-grandsonSir John "Jock" Colville(nephew of the Admiral), civil servant and diarist.Harry Legge-Bourke,MP forIsle of Ely1945–1973, was his great-grandson through his first sonCharles.

Another great-grandson, through Carrington's third sonRupert,wasPeter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington,a Conservative politician who served as Foreign Secretary in theCabinet of Margaret Thatcherfrom 1979 to 1982. Lord Carrington was also a descendant in the Colville line; his father, the5th Baron,married the Hon. Sybil Marion Colville, daughter of the2nd Viscount Colville of Culross(Admiral Colville's elder brother).

Ancestry

Ancestors of Robert Carrington, 2nd Baron Carrington
8. Abel Smith (c. 1690 – 1756) 4.Abel Smith (1717–1788) 9. Jane Beaumont (died 1743) 2.Robert Smith, 1st Baron Carrington(1752–1838) 10. Thomas Bird (died 1746) 5. Mary Bird (1724–1780) 11. Elizabeth Martyn (1699–1758) 1.Robert Carrington, 2nd Baron Carrington 6. Lewyns Boldero-Barnard 3. Anne Boldero-Barnard (1756/57–1827) 14. William Popplewell 7. Anne Popplewell

References

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard1803–2005:contributions in Parliament by Robert Carrington