Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - 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 yakin Masar na 1882
kuma an ba shi lambar yabo saboda ayyukansa.