Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haife shi William Carrington, shi ne ɗan na biyu na Robert Carrington, 2nd Baron Carrington, da matarsa ta biyu Hon. Charlotte Drummond-Burrell, 'yar Peter Drummond-Burrell, 22nd Baron Willoughby de Eresby. Shi da 'yan'uwansa biyu sun ɗauki sunan mahaifiyar Carington a shekarar 1880. Ya yi karatu a Eton kuma ya yi aiki a cikin Grenadier Guards, ya sami mukamin Laftanar-Colonel. Ya yi yaƙi a cikin
Yaƙin Masar na 1882 kuma an ba shi lambar yabo don ayyukansa.