Charles Walter Carrington (1859–1941) was

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from 1913 to 1927. He was born in

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, 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

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to the Bishop of Lichfield then Vicar of Christ Church, West Bromwich. He was Principal of the Upper Department at

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until his appointment as Dean. He died on 30 July 1941. One of his sons,

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, was Bishop of Quebec and

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; while another, Christopher, died in the First World War. His son

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fought in both World Wars and became Professor of Commonwealth Relations at the Royal Institute of International Affairs.

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* 1859 births Clergy from Bath, Somerset Alumni of the University of Cambridge English engineers Deans of Christchurch 1941 deaths {{Christian-clergy-stub