Charles Carrington (priest)

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.[13]

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 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
13. "Carrington, Charles Edmund". Who's Who. A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U162719. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

External links

• "Carrington, Charles Walter (CRNN886CW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.