Charles Carrington (priest)

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

He was born in Bath and 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.