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
- ^ Emory University
- ^ Resignations The Times (London, England), Monday, Mar 14, 1927; pg. 19; Issue 44529
- ^ Venn Database[permanent dead link]
- ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
- ^ Genuki
- ^ Past Papers NZ
- ^ Project Canterbury
- ^ "Blain's Directory of Anglican Clergy in the South Pacific"
- ^ '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
- ^ Obituary: Very Rev C.W. Carrington The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Aug 06, 1941; pg. 4; Issue 48997
- ^ Obituary The Most Rev Philip Carrington The Times Tuesday, Oct 07, 1975; pg. 14; Issue 59520; col F
- ^ Carrington NZ Roll of Honour
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