Rupert Carington, 5th Baron Carrington

Rupert Victor John Carington, 5th Baron Carrington (20 December 1891 – 19 November 1938), was a British peer.

He fought in the First World War as a captain in the Grenadier Guards and was twice wounded.

After the war he served as a Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for Devon.

He succeeded his father in the barony in 1929,[1] but never spoke in the House of Lords.

He died in November 1938, aged 46, and was succeeded by his only son, Peter, who became a prominent Conservative politician.