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

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. After an earlier career as an engineer he was ordained in 1888. After a curacy in Notting Hill he was Mission Chaplain to the Bishop of Lichfield then Vicar of Christ Church, West Bromwich. He was Principal of the Upper Department at Christ's College, Christchurch until his appointment as Dean.

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

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.

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