CARRINGTON, Frederick George (3 son of Noel Thomas Carrington of Devonport, poet 1777–1830). b. about 1816; contributed to the Bath Chronicle, Felix Farley’s Bristol Journal, Cornwall Gazette, West of England Conservative, Bristol Mirror and Gloucester Journal; editor and proprietor of Gloucestershire Chronicle; wrote treatises on Architecture and Painting for Society for Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. d. Gloucester 1 Feb. 1864. G.M. xvi, 535 (1864).
CARRINGTON, Henry Edmund (brother of the preceding). b. Maidstone 16 March 1806; connected with the Plymouth Journal, Devonport Telegraph, Sherborne Mercury, and Western Luminary; edited the Bath Chronicle; author of The Plymouth and Devonport guide with sketches of the surrounding scenery 1828. d. Bath 5 Feb. 1859.
CARRINGTON, Richard Christopher (2 son of Richard Carrington of Brentford, brewer who d. July 1858). b. Chelsea 26 May 1826; ed. at Hedley and Trin. coll. Cam., 36 wrangler 1848; B.A. 1848; observer in Univ. of Durham Oct. 1849 to April 1852; built a house at Redhill near Reigate with an observatory attached 1852–4; built an observatory on top of an isolated conical hill known as the Middle Devil’s Jump at Churt Surrey 1866; F.R.A.S. 14 March 1851, hon. sec. Feb. 1857 to Feb. 1862, gold medallist 1859; F.R.S. 7 June 1860; author of A catalogue of 3735 circumpolar stars observed at Redhill 1857 printed by the Admiralty; Observations of the spots on the sun from Nov. 9, 1853 to March 24, 1861 made at Redhill 1863; found dead in his house at Churt 27 Nov. 1875. Monthly notices of Royal Astronom. Soc. xxxvi, 137–42 (1876); I.L.N. lxviii, 119 (1876), portrait; Times 22 Nov. 1875 p. 5, col. 3, 7 Dec. p. 11, col. 6.
CARROLL, Sir George. Stockbroker at 26 Oxford st. London 1811; contractor for state lotteries having offices in Cornhill, Oxford st. and Charing Cross, lotteries were abolished Oct. 1826; sheriff of London and Middlesex 1837–8; knighted at the Guildhall 9 Nov. 1837; an original director of London Joint Stock bank 1836; alderman of Candlewick ward 23 Dec. 1839 to death; lord mayor 1846–7; president of St. Bartholomew’s hospital. d. Loughton, Essex 19 Dec. 1860 aged 76. bur. Norwood cemetery 27 Dec. I.L.N. ix, 295, 309 (1846), portrait; City Press 22 Dec. 1860 p. 5.
CARROLL, Rev. Richard. b. Dublin 14 July 1807; entered Society of Jesus at Cheiri 18 Sep. 1825; ordained priest 20 Dec. 1834; professed of the four vows 2 Feb. 1845; superior of Seminary at Stonyhurst Sep. 1845 to Sep. 1849; sent to mission of St. Francis Xavier, Liverpool Sep. 1849 where he became distinguished as a preacher. d. Liverpool 14 Feb. 1858.
CARROLL, Sir William Fairbrother (3 son of Daniel Carroll of Uskane, co. Tipperary, barrister). b. Glencarrig, co. Wicklow 28 Jany. 1784; entered navy 5 Dec. 1795; captain 6 Dec. 1813; head of Bath police several years; R.A. 24 Jany. 1849; commander in chief at Cork 28 July 1853 to 13 Aug. 1855; lieutenant governor of Greenwich hospital 13 Aug. 1855 to death; C.B. 4 June 1815, K.C.B. 6 April 1852; was in action with the enemy 67 times. d. Greenwich hospital 8 April 1862.
CARROW, John Monson (eld. son of Rev. Richard Carrow, R. of Broxholme, Lincs. who d. 20 Feb. 1847 aged 72). Ed. at Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1831; barrister I.T. 31 Jany. 1834; judge of county courts, circuit 57, (Somerset) 13 March 1847 to death; recorder of Wells 1852 to death; one of the authors of Cases relating to railways and canals 4 vols. 1840–8; and of New Sessions cases 3 vols. 1845–9. d. Weston-super-Mare 8 May 1853. G.M. xxxix, 668–9 (1853).
CARRUTHERS, Right Rev. Andrew. b. Glenmillan near New Abbey in stewartry of Kircudbright 7 Feb. 1770; ed. at Scotch college, Douay; ordained priest 1795; stationed at Balloch, Perthshire, then at Traquair, Peebleshire, afterwards at Munchies and Dalbeattie; vicar apostolic of eastern district of Scotland 28 Sep. 1832 to death; consecrated at Edinburgh as bishop of Ceramis in partibus infidelium 13 Jany. 1833. d. Edinburgh 24 May 1852. Gordon’s Catholic church in Scotland 474, portrait.
CARRUTHERS, Richard. Ensign 26 foot 19 May 1814; major 2 foot 19 Feb. 1836 to 23 July 1839 when he retired; C.B. 6 June 1840. d. 1 Brunswick gardens, Kensington, London 17 Feb. 1864 aged 63.
CARRUTHERS, Robert (son of Mr. Carruthers of Mouswald, Dumfries, farmer). b. Dumfries 5 Nov. 1799; master of national school at Huntingdon; edited Inverness Courier, April 1828 to death, he made it the most popular paper in North of Scotland, proprietor 1831; hon. LLD. Edin. 21 April 1871; published History of Huntingdon 1824; The Highland note book or sketches and anecdotes 1843; The poetical works of Alexander Pope 4 vols. 1853; wrote with Robert Chambers most of the original matter in Chambers’s Cyclopædia of English literature 2 vols. 1843–4. d. Inverness 26 May 1878. G.M. Nov. 1884 pp. 448–51; I.L.N. lxii, 557 (1878), portrait.