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Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron Carrington

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Peter Carrington entered the House Of Lords in 1940, taking the Conservative whip. He served as a minister under Macmillan, Douglas-Home, Heath and Thatcher, resigning in 1982 after failing to forsee the invasion of the Falkland Islands.

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More warlike than we'd like to think? The Labour government of 1945BBC

By Michael Portillo (Guest), Tony Benn (Guest), Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron Carrington (Guest), David Edgerton (Guest), Dr Martin Gorsky (Guest), Professor Jose Harris (Guest), Dr Stuart Mitchell (The Open University), Professor John Stewart (Guest), Professor Jim Tomlinson (Guest)

11 November 2006

The Welfare State was the defining act of the Clement Atlee's government. But does that overshadow a strong hand played in defence of the realm?  Read more : More warlike than we'd like to think? The Labour government of 1945

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Peter Carrington entered the House Of Lords in 1940, taking the Conservative whip. He served as a minister under Macmillan, Douglas-Home, Heath and Thatcher, resigning in 1982 after failing to forsee the invasion of the Falkland Islands. He was secretary-general of NATO in the 1980s, and during the late 1990s, he chaired the Bilderberg Conferences. He was given a second title, Baron Carington of Upton, in order to allow him to remain in the House Of Lords after the removal of automatic privileges for Hereditary Peers.

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