Lieutenant General Sir Robert Harold Carrington, KCB, DSO (7 November 1882 – 5 September 1964) was a senior British Army officer during the Second World War.
Harold Carrington was commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery in 1901; he served in the Second Boer War between 1901 and 1902 and then transferred to the Royal Horse Artillery in 1908.[2] He served during the First World War and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1916.[3]
Carrington remained in the army after the war, attending the Staff College, Camberley in 1920.[4] He then became a General Staff Officer with the 4th Infantry Division, before moving on to become Commander, Royal Artillery for the division in 1932.[2] In 1936 he became a major general with command of the Royal Artillery at Army Headquarters in India.[2] In 1939 he became Deputy Adjutant General at the War Office and in 1940 he was appointed General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Scottish Command and Governor of Edinburgh Castle: he retired in 1941.[2]
Carrington was also Colonel Commandant of the Royal Artillery from 1940 to 1950.[2]
In retirement Carrington worked for the Ministry of Supply from 1942 to 1945.[2] He was appointed High Sheriff of Suffolk for 1953–54.[5]