Nicholas Toms Carrington (also Noel Thomas) (1777–1830) was an English schoolmaster and poet.

Life

The son of a retail grocer at Plymouth, Carrington was born there. Shortly his parents moved to Plymouth Dock, and for some time he was employed as a clerk in the Plymouth dockyard. Then he became a seaman on board a man-of-war, and was present at the

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. After his term of service Carrington settled at

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, Kent, where for five years he taught a public school. In 1809, with support from friends, he established a private academy at Plymouth Dock, which he then ran until six months before his death, 2 September 1830.

Works

At an early period of his life Carrington, who was a member of The Plymouth Institution (now

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), began to contribute verse to London and provincial papers. His poems are mainly descriptive of the scenery and traditions of

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. In 1820 he published ''The Banks of the Tamar'', and in 1826 ''Dartmoor''. His collected poems, with a memoir, appeared in two volumes in 1831.

Family

The journalist Frederick George Carrington was his third son.

Notes

Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Carrington, Noel Toms 1777 births 1830 deaths Schoolteachers from Devon People from Plymouth, Devon English male poets