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| 2 | List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Australia - Office-holders |  |  |
| 3 | High commissioner | Start of term | End of term |
| 4 | Sir Geoffrey Whiskard, KCB, KCMG | 1936 | 1941 |
| 5 | Sir Ronald Cross, 1st Baronet | 1941 | 1945 |
| 6 | Edward Williams, KCMG | 1946 | 1952 |
| 7 | Sir Stephen Holmes, KCMG, MC | 1952 | 1956 |
| 8 | The Lord Carrington, KCMG, MC, DL | 1956 | 1959 |
| 9 | Lieutenant General Sir William Oliver, GBE, KCB, KCMG | 1959 | 1965 |
| 10 | Sir Charles Johnston, GCMG | 1965 | 1971 |
| 11 | Sir Morrice James, GCMG, CVO, MBE | 1971 | 1976 |
| 12 | Sir Donald Tebbit, GCMG | 1976 | 1980 |
| 13 | Sir John Mason, KCMG | 1980 | 1984 |
| 14 | Sir John Leahy, KCMG | 1984 | 1988 |
| 15 | Sir John Coles, GCMG | 1988 | 1991 |
| 16 | Sir Brian Barder, KCMG | 1991 | 1994 |
| 17 | Sir Roger Carrick, KCMG, LVO | 1994 | 1997 |
| 18 | Alex Allan | 1997 | 1999 |
| 19 | The Lord Goodlad, KCMG, PC | 1999 | 2005 |
| 20 | The Rt. Hon. Helen Liddell | 2005 | 2009 |
| 21 | The Baroness Amos, PC | 2009 | 2010 |
| 22 | Paul Madden, CMG | 2011 | 2015 |
| 23 | Menna Rawlings, CMG | 2015 | 2019 |
| 24 | Victoria Treadell, CMG, MVO | 2019 | - |

Question: When did Peter Carington serve as the High Commissioner to Australia?
Answer: Peter Carington was appointed as High Commissioner to Australia, a post he held from 1956 to 1959.