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unusual facts about Lord Carrington



Arbitration Commission of the Peace Conference on Yugoslavia

On 20 November 1991 Lord Carrington asked if some republics seceded from SFRY, which, as Serbia and Montenegro had claimed, continues to exist, or did SFRY dissolve and all of the republics were equal successors to the SFRY.

Carrington, New South Wales

Carrington is a suburb of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia and is named after Lord Carrington, governor of N.S.W. in 1887 when the area was proclaimed a municipality.

Charles Kerry

In 1890, the Governor of New South Wales, Lord Carrington appointed Kerry as his official photographer.

European-Atlantic Group

The Earl of Bessborough, D.L.,(a Founder), and there was an impressive list of Vice-Presidents, including the Marquess of Lansdowne, the Earl of Limerick, the Earl Jellicoe, The Lord Carrington, The Lord Chalfont, The Lord Shawcross, The Lord Granchester.

John Scholey

The Earl of Carnarvon and Lord Carrington were present along with a host of other well-known dignitaries.

Mangosuthu Buthelezi

The foreign mediation team led by former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and former British Foreign Minister Lord Carrington were pivotal in reaching a compromise, and convinced the IFP leader to give up the boycott of the elections.

Matjaž Šinkovec

Between 1991 and 1992, he was the chief negotiator for independent Slovenia on the International Conference on former Yugoslavia led by lord Carrington.

Michael Fallon

After graduation he joined the Conservative Research Department, working first for Lord Carrington in the House of Lords until 1977 and then as European Desk Officer until 1979.

Montague Bertie, 12th Earl of Lindsey

Between 1885 and 1888, he served as an aide-de-camp to Lord Carrington, then Governor of New South Wales.

Negotiations to end apartheid in South Africa

This was managed with the help of a foreign team led by former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and former British Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington.

Pilgrims Society

Over the years it has boasted an elite membership of politicians, diplomats, businessmen, and writers who have included Henry Kissinger, Margaret Thatcher, Caspar Weinberger, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Henry Luce, Lord Carrington, Alexander Haig, Paul Volcker, Tom Kean and Walter Cronkite to mention a very few.

Six Foot Track

The first recorded journey on the track was in 1887 by the NSW Governor, Lord Carrington, and his wife.

Sydney Trades Hall

In 1888 Lord Carrington, as State Governor (also Grand Master Freemason of the United Grand Lodge in NSW), laid the foundation stone of Sydney's Trades Hall.


see also

Kwaku Sakyi-Addo

International figures who have been interviewed by him include: Kofi Annan, past Secretary-General Boutros Ghali, Jimmy Carter, one-time Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Shamir, former British Cabinet Minister Lord Carrington, Bono, and his American soulmate Larry King of Larry King Live.