Frederick George Carrington (1816–1864) was an English journalist.
Lifeedit
The third son of Nicholas Toms Carrington, he was about 14 at the time of his father's death. His eldest brother Henry E. Carrington, proprietor of the Bath Chronicle, took him on, and he became a journalist.[1]
Carrington contributed to the West of England journals: the Bath Chronicle, Felix Farley's Bristol Journal, the Royal Cornwall Gazette, the West of England Conservative, the Bristol Mirror, the Gloucester Journal, and the Gloucestershire Chronicle (where he was for several years editor and proprietor). He also contributed to magazines, and wrote treatises on Architecture and Painting for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.[1]
frederick, george, carrington, 1816, 1864, english, journalist, life, editthe, third, nicholas, toms, carrington, about, time, father, death, eldest, brother, henry, carrington, proprietor, bath, chronicle, took, became, journalist, carrington, contributed, we. Frederick George Carrington 1816 1864 was an English journalist Life editThe third son of Nicholas Toms Carrington he was about 14 at the time of his father s death His eldest brother Henry E Carrington proprietor of the Bath Chronicle took him on and he became a journalist 1 Carrington contributed to the West of England journals the Bath Chronicle Felix Farley s Bristol Journal the Royal Cornwall Gazette the West of England Conservative the Bristol Mirror the Gloucester Journal and the Gloucestershire Chronicle where he was for several years editor and proprietor He also contributed to magazines and wrote treatises on Architecture and Painting for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge 1 In the Encyclopaedia Britannica eighth edition Carrington supplied topographical descriptions of Gloucestershire and other counties He died at Gloucester on 1 February 1864 aged 47 and was buried in the cemetery there He left a wife and six children 1 Notes edit a b c Stephen Leslie ed 1887 Carrington Frederick George Dictionary of National Biography Vol 9 London Smith Elder amp Co Attribution nbsp This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Stephen Leslie ed 1887 Carrington Frederick George Dictionary of National Biography Vol 9 London Smith Elder amp Co Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Frederick George Carrington amp oldid 1157004410, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
