Charles Robert Wynn-Carington, 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire, known as the Lord Carrington from 1868 to 1895, and as the Earl Carrington from 1895 to 1912, was a British Liberal politician and aristocr
1st Marquess Of Lincolnshire
Viscount Wendover (Albert Edward Charles Robert Wynn-Carington, 1895–1915) named on a memorial to the members of the Smiths' banking family who died in the World Wars
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The Lord Great Chamberlain of England is the sixth of the Great Officers of State, ranking beneath the lord privy seal but above the lord high constable. The office of Lord Great Chamberlain was first
Charles Wynn-Carington, 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire
…Light Infantry) from 1881 to 1886 as a Lieutenant-Colonel with the honorary rank of Colonel. On his mother's death in 1879 he became joint hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain of England. Born Charles Carrington, he and his two brothers assumed by royal licence the surname of Carington in 1880. In 1896 he assumed by royal licence the…
Official portrait of Lord Carrington, 2024
The Lord Great Chamberlain, Lord Carrington, on the occasion of a royal visit to the Palace of Westminster in 2023 (wearing his scarlet court uniform with gold key insignia and carrying his wand of office).
The Lord Great Chamberlain, the 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley (left), holding his white staff of office; the Lord Speaker, Baroness Hayman; and the Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, showing US President Barack Obama around Members' Lobby during a tour of the Palace in May 2011.
6 May 2023: Lord Carrington (Lord Great Chamberlain since 2022) on his way to the Coronation of Charles III and Camilla (with Baroness Manningham Buller).