Charles Carrington (priest)

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

He was born in Bath and 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]

References

  1. ↑ Emory University
  2. ↑ Resignations The Times (London, England), Monday, Mar 14, 1927; pg. 19; Issue 44529
  3. ↑ Venn Database
  4. ↑ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  5. ↑ Genuki
  6. ↑ Past Papers NZ
  7. ↑ 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. ↑ Carrington NZ Roll of Honour


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