Guide to the Papers of Charles Robert Wynn-Carrington, 1st Earl of Carrington (as filmed by the AJCP), 1860-1928

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Summary

Collection number:

M917 - M932

Creator:

Wynn-Carrington, Charles Robert, 1st Earl of Carrington

Extent:

265 items

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for research. Not for loan.

Background

Content Summary:

Material filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project includes: Four volumes of speeches and notes by Lord Carrington 1879-1905; Notes and copies of correspondence with King Edward VII and Lord Rosebery; Correspondence of Lord and Lady Carrington with their family, especially their son Rupert; with other State Governors, namely Sir Robert Hamilton, Lord Hopetoun, Lord Kintore, Sir Henry Loch, Sir Anthony Musgrave, Sir William Robinson, Sir Hercules Robinson and Sir Henry Norman; and Governors of New Zealand Sir William Jervois and Lord Onslow, and with various individuals including Sir George Dibbs, Lord Knutsford, Edward Stanhope, Lord Normanby, Sir Henry Parkes, Sir Alfred Stephen, Lord Carnarvon, Sir Edmund Barton, James Bryce, Sir Arthur Ellis, General Arthur Fremantle, Lord Aberdeen, Lord Hamilton, Lord Lansdowne, Cardinal Manning, Lord Selborne and Lord Jersey; Memoirs of Lord Carrington; Cuttings and printed articles about the Mount Rennie Rape Case 1886; Speeches by Sir Henry Parkes; Diaries of Lord Carrington 1888-93 and Lady Carrington 1881-1913.

Biographical / Historical:

Charles Robert Carrington (1843-1928), 3rd Baron Carrington (succeeded 1868), 1st Earl Carrington (created 1895), 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire (created 1912), was born in London. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. As a schoolboy, he was introduced to the Prince of Wales and they were to be close friends for over fifty years. Carrington was the Liberal member for High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire in 1865-68. He became a captain in the Royal House Guards in 1869 and in 1875-76 was aide-de-camp to the Prince of Wales on his tour of India. In 1881 he was appointed lieutenant-colonel of the Royal Buckinghamshire Infantry. In 1878 he married Cecilia (Lily) Harbord, the daughter of Baron Suffield.

In 1885, at the urging of the Prince of Wales, Carrington was appointed governor of New South Wales. With his wife and three daughters, he arrived in Sydney in December 1885 and they remained in the colony for almost five years. The Carringtons were a popular couple and generous hosts, especially during the celebrations of Queen Victoria's jubilee in 1887 and the New South Wales centenary celebrations in 1888. On account of her young children (a fourth daughter was born in 1889), Lady Carrington mostly remained in Sydney and Moss Vale, but Carrington travelled widely in New South Wales and visited every Australian colony apart from Western Australia, as well as New Zealand and Norfolk Island. At home, he had to deal with the usual political instability, with five changes of ministry in five years, but he was tactful in his relations with ministers and parliamentarians. For most of his term, the premier was the ageing Sir Henry Parkes, with whom he had good relations. He supported Parkes in the initiatives that led to the first Federation Conference in 1890.

Carrington and his family returned to England and their home, Wycombe Abbey, in December 1890. He was a member of the London County Council in 1892-1907. He remained a strong supporter of the Liberal Party and was lord chamberlain in 1892-95, president of the Board of Agriculture in 1905-11 and lord privy seal in 1911-12. He was lord-lieutenant of Buckinghamshire in 1915-23.

By royal licence, the family name was changed to Carington in 1880 and Wynn-Carington in 1896. Lord Carrington's only son, Lord Wendover, was killed in France in 1916. On Carrington's death in 1928, the marquessate and earldom became extinct. The barony passed to his brother, Rupert Carington, who died the following year. Rupert's grandson, Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, was High Commissioner to Australia in 1956-59 and the British Foreign Secretary in 1979-82.

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:: Available for Access.
Conditions Governing Use:: Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.