Charles Robert (Carrington) Wynn-Carington KG GCMG PC (1843 - 1928)

Born 16 May 1843 in Whitehall, London, England

Ancestors

Husband of Cecilia Margaret (Harbord) Wynn-Carington — married 15 Jul 1878 in Royal Chapel, Whitehall, London, England

Descendants

Died 13 Jun 1928 at age 85 in Daws Hill House, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England

Preceded by The Rt Hon. Lord Augustus Loftus GCB

16th Governor of New South Wales 12 Dec 1885 to 3 Nov 1890

Succeeded by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Jersey GCB, GCMG, PC

Biography

Charles (Carrington) Wynn-Carington KG GCMG PC is Notable.

Charles Robert Carrington was born on 16 May 1843 at Whitehall, London, England, United Kingdom.
He was the son of Robert Carrington, 2nd Baron Carrington, and his second wife Charlotte Drummond-Burrell, the younger daughter of Peter Drummond-Burrell, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby.

SIBLINGS:

• Augusta Clementina Carrington
• Hon. Sir William Carington
• Charles Robert Wynn-Carington This Profile
• William Henry Peregrine Carrington
• Eva Elizabeth Carrington
• Lilias Carrington
• Rupert Carington, 4th Baron Carrington

Assumption of the name Carington by Royal Licence
Born Charles Robert Carrington, he and his two brothers assumed by Royal Licence the surname of Carington in 1880. In 1896 he assumed by Royal Licence the surname of Wynn-Carington.

Occupation and Titles
Charles Robert Wynn-Carington, 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire KG GCMG PC DL JP (16 May 1843 – 13 June 1928), known as Lord Carrington from 1868 to 1895, and as Earl Carrington from 1895 to 1912, was a British Liberal politician and aristocrat.

Career and Political Positions Carrington sat in the House of Commons as a Liberal for High Wycombe from 1865 until he succeeded his father to the baronies in 1868.

On his mother's death in 1879 he became joint hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain of England.

He served under William Ewart Gladstone as Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms from 1881 to 1885, and was sworn in the Privy Council in 1881.

Governor of New South Wales
Sir Charles Wynn-Carington KG GCMG PC was appointed to be the Governor of New South Wales, Australia in 1885 until 1890 and was appointed to the Order of St Michael and St George as a Knight Grand Cross in June 1885.

On his Return to England
He again held office under Gladstone and later Lord Rosebery as Lord Chamberlain of the Household from 1892 to 1895. The latter year he was created Viscount Wendover, of Chepping Wycombe, in the County of Buckingham, and also Earl Carrington.

In early 1901 he was appointed by King Edward to lead a special diplomatic mission to announce the King's accession to the governments of France, Spain, and Portugal.

After the Liberals returned to power in 1905 he served as President of the Board of Agriculture between 1905 and 1911 and as Lord Privy Seal between 1911 and 1912, with a seat in the cabinet in Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and H H Asquith's ministries. He was made a Knight of the Garter in 1906 and in 1912 he was further honoured when he was made Marquess of Lincolnshire.

Marriage and family

Charles Robert Carrington married the Hon Cecilia Margaret Harbord (1856–1934), daughter of Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield, and Cecilia Annetta Baring in 1878. They had one son and five daughters.

CHILDREN:

1. Marjorie Cecilia Wynn-Carrington (1880- )
2. Alexandra Augusta Wynn-Carrington (1881-1955)
3. Ruperta Wynn-Carrington (1883-1963)
4. Judith Sydney Myee Wynn-Carrington (1889-1928)
5. Victoria Alexandria Wynn-Carrington (1892-1966)
6. Albert Edward Samuel Charles Robert Wynn-Carrington (1895-1915)

Their youngest son, Albert Edward Charles Robert Wynn-Carington, Viscount Wendover (1895–1915), died on 19 May 1915 of complications following the amputation of an arm when he was wounded in the fighting at Ypres during the First World War.

Death and burial

Having earlier sold his ancestral home, Wycombe Abbey (which became a private girls' boarding-school), Lincolnshire died at his home, Daws Hill House, High Wycombe, on 13 June 1928. The baronies (but not his other titles) passed to his younger brother Rupert. The marquessate, earldom and viscountcy became extinct. His widow Cecilia, Marchioness of Lincolnshire, died in 1934 aged 78.

Sources

• Wikipedia, Charles Robert Wynn-Carington, 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire Wikipedia entry

• For further research FS: Pedigree (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/LHT9-JY5)
• For further sources FS: (https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/LHT9-JY5)

• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/71327284/john-robert-wynn-carrington : accessed 16 August 2021), memorial page for Sir John Robert Wynn-Carrington (16 May 1843–13 Jun 1928), Find a Grave Memorial ID 71327284, citing Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Churchyard, Moulsoe, Milton Keynes Borough, Buckinghamshire, England ; Maintained by Wertypop (contributor 46806984) .

• See also for hints:

The Peerage, compiled by Darryl Lundy The Peerage: Charles Robert Wynn-Carington