Charles Walter Carrington (1859–1941) was Dean of ChristchurchEmory University from 1913 to 1927.Resignations The Times (London, England), Monday, Mar 14, 1927; pg. 19; Issue 44529
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."The Clergy List London, Hamilton & Co 1889 After a curacy in Notting Hill he was Mission Chaplain to the Bishop of Lichfield then Vicar of Christ Church, West Bromwich.Genuki He was PrincipalPast Papers NZ of the Upper DepartmentProject Canterbury at Christ's College, Christchurch"Blain's Directory of Anglican Clergy in the South Pacific" until his appointment as Dean.'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
He died on 30 July 1941.Obituary: Very Rev C.W. Carrington The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Aug 06, 1941; pg. 4; Issue 48997 One of his sons, Philip, was Bishop of Quebec and Metropolitan of Canada;Obituary The Most Rev Philip Carrington The Times Tuesday, Oct 07, 1975; pg. 14; Issue 59520; col F while another, Christopher, died in the First World War.Carrington NZ Roll of Honour His son Charles fought in both World Wars and became Professor of Commonwealth Relations at the Royal Institute of International Affairs.
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