Robert Carrington, 2nd Baron Carrington

Robert John Carrington, 2nd Baron Carrington FRS (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.^[1] He adopted the name "Carrington" in 1839.^[2]

Politics

Still named Smith, he served as a Member of Parliament for Wendover from 1818. He had succeeded his first cousin Abel Smith on 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 for Buckinghamshire, succeeding William Selby Lowndes, and serving with The Marquess of Chandos. He was succeeded by John Smith, another uncle, in 1831.

The same year, he was elected MP for Wycombe, succeeding Sir John Dashwood-King, 4th Bt, and serving with, in turn, Sir Thomas Baring, 2nd Bt (until 1832), Charles Grey (1832–1837) and George 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 the Royal Society as a Fellow in 1839.^[3] Later that year he adopted the name Carrington by Royal Licence.^[2]

He held the honorary title of Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire from 1838 until his death in 1868.

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. 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. Cecile 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.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Robert Carrington, 2nd Baron Carrington

16. Thomas Smith (1631–1699)

8. Abel Smith (c. 1690 – 1756)

17. Fortune Collin (1654–1715/16)

4. Abel Smith (1717–1788)

18. George Beaumont (c. 1680 – 1712)

9. Jane Beaumont (died 1743)

19. Gertrude Bagshawe (died 1713)

2. Robert Smith, 1st Baron Carrington (1752–1838)

20. William Bird (died 1731)

10. Thomas Bird (died 1746)

5. Mary Bird (1724–1780)^[1]

22. Francis Martyn (1637–1713)

11. Elizabeth Martyn (1699–1758)

23. Elizabeth Doughty (1665–1748)

1. Robert Carrington, 2nd Baron Carrington

6. Lewyns Boldero-Barnard

3. Anne Boldero-Barnard (1756/57–1827)

14. William Popplewell

7. Anne Popplewell

Styles of address

1796: Mr Robert Smith
1796–1818: The Honourable Robert Smith
1818–1838: The Honourable Robert Smith MP
1838–1839: The Right Honourable The Lord Carrington
1839–1868: The Right Honourable The Lord Carrington FRS

References

1 2 Edward J. Davies, "Some Connections of the Birds of Warwickshire", The Genealogist, 26 (2012):58–76.
1 2 Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 197.
↑ "Robert John Carrington, 2nd Baron Carrington". The Peerage. Retrieved 13 October 2016.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Robert Carrington

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by George Smith Abel Smith	Member of Parliament for Wendover 1818–1820 With: George Smith	Succeeded by George Smith Samuel Smith
Preceded by William Selby Lowndes The Marquess of Chandos	Member of Parliament for Buckinghamshire 1820–1831 With: The Marquess of Chandos	Succeeded by The Marquess of Chandos John Smith
Preceded by Sir John Dashwood-King, 4th Bt Sir Thomas Baring, 2nd Bt	Member of Parliament for Wycombe 1831–1838 With: Sir Thomas Baring, 2nd Bt 1831–1832 Charles Grey 1832–1837 George Dashwood 1837–1838	Succeeded by George Dashwood George Robert Smith
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos	Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire 1839–1868	Succeeded by The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Robert Smith, 1st Baron	Baron Carrington 2nd creation 1838–1868	Succeeded by Charles Carington, 3rd Baron
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by Robert Smith, 1st Baron	Baron Carrington 3rd creation 1838–1868	Succeeded by Charles Carington, 3rd Baron

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