Robert Carrington, 2nd Baron Carrington

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

Politics As Robert Smith, he served as a Member of Parliament for Wendover from 1818.

Family He 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. After the death of his first wife (from cholera), Carrington 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 Married Charles Colville, 10th Lord Colville of Culross (later created 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 Married Archibald Campbell (later created Baron Blythswood), son of Archibald Campbell and Caroline Dick; no issue. Hon. Charles Robert Carrington,later 3rd Baron Carrington Married Hon. Cecilia Harbord, daughter of Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield, and Cecilia Baring; had issue. Was created Earl Carrington in 1905 and Marquess of Lincolnshire in 1912. Married Julia Warden, daughter of Francis Warden; no issue. Hon. Eva Elizabeth Carrington Married Charles Stanhope, Viscount Petersham (later 8th Earl of Harrington), son of Charles Stanhope, 7th Earl of Harrington, and Elizabeth Still de Pearsall; no issue. Hon. Rupert Clement George Carrington,later 4th Baron Carrington 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 Admiral Sir Stanley Colville and his great-grandson Sir John "Jock" Colville (nephew of the Admiral), civil servant and diarist. Harry Legge-Bourke, MP for Isle of Ely 1945–1973, was his great-grandson through his first son Charles.

Another great-grandson, through Carrington's third son Rupert, was Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, a Conservative politician who served as Foreign Secretary in the cabinet of Margaret Thatcher from 1979 to 1982. Lord Carrington was also a descendant in the Colville line; his father, the 5th Baron, married the Hon. Sybil Marion Colville, daughter of the 2nd Viscount Colville of Culross (Admiral Colville's elder brother).

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