Charles Carrington (priest) explained

Charles Walter Carrington (1859 - 1941) was Dean of Christchurch[1] from 1913 to 1927.[2]

He was born in Bath, son of Henry Edmund Carrington, proprietor and editor of the Bath Chronicle, and was educated at the University of Cambridge.[3] After an earlier career as an engineer he was ordained in 1888.[4] After a curacy in Notting Hill he was Mission Chaplain to the Bishop of Lichfield then Vicar of Christ Church, West Bromwich.[5] He was Principal[6] of the Upper Department[7] at Christ's College, Christchurch[8] until his appointment as Dean.[9]

He died on 30 July 1941.[10] One of his sons, Philip, was Bishop of Quebec and Metropolitan of Canada;[11] while another, Christopher, died in the First World War.[12] His son Charles fought in both World Wars and became Professor of Commonwealth Relations at the Royal Institute of International Affairs.

Notes and References

  1. http://findingaids.library.emory.edu/documents/carrington735/printable/ Emory University
  2. Resignations The Times (London, England), Monday, Mar 14, 1927; pg. 19; Issue 44529
  3. https://archive.today/20141107151851/http://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search-2014.pl?sur=Carrington&suro=w&fir=Charles+Walter&firo=c&cit=&cito=c&c=all&tex=&sye=1800&eye=1900&col=all&maxcount=50 Venn Database
  4. "The Clergy List London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  5. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/STS/WestBromwich/ChristChurch/ Genuki
  6. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=CHP19021008.2.25 Past Papers NZ
  7. http://anglicanhistory.org/nz/jacobs_histories1887/04.02.html Project Canterbury
  8. "Blain's Directory of Anglican Clergy in the South Pacific"
  9. 'CARRINGTON, Very Rev. Charles Walter', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 7 Nov 2014
  10. Obituary: Very Rev C.W. Carrington The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Aug 06, 1941; pg. 4; Issue 48997
  11. Obituary The Most Rev Philip Carrington The Times Tuesday, Oct 07, 1975; pg. 14; Issue 59520; col F
  12. http://www.familytreecircles.com/carrington-nz-roll-of-honour-wwi-49557.html Carrington NZ Roll of Honour

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