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Adm. pens. (age 19) at ST JOHN'S, Mar. 19, 1772. S. of George, Esq. [brother of David Garrick], treasurer of Drury Lane Theatre, London [and Elizabeth, dau. of Nathan Carrington, a King's messenger]. School, Eton. ' Matric. Michs. 1772; B.A. 1776; M.A. 1780. Ord. deacon (London) June 2, 1776; priest, Nov. 30, 1776. Domestic Chaplain to the Duke of Devonshire, 1776. V. of Hendon, Middlesex, 1777-87 [the living was purchased for him by his uncle David, who left his nephew £6000 and all his library except £100 worth to Mrs Garrick. The latter, however, prevailed upon the nephew to dispose of his interest therein to her. Towards the end of her life she presented the greater part of it to Carrington's son, Christopher Philip]. Married, Feb. 7, 1780, Eliza, dau. of John Battiscombe, of Half Moon Street, Piccadilly, London. Died May 13, 1787, at Hendon, ‘a martyr to a too free use of the bottle.’ Angelo wrote of him ‘at 18 he was the largest young man I had ever seen; he was much followed in the streets’ (Eton Coll. Reg.), and T. Cradock wrote, ‘young Garrick was much respected and noticed by all my friends at Cambridge, but, when I first walked out with him in his pensioner's gown, the people absolutely came out of their houses to stare at him.’ (Literary and Miscellaneous Memoirs, IV. 253; Eton Coll. Reg.; St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 264; G. Mag., 1787, I. 546; Cambridge Chronicle, Nov. 16, 1776, and Feb. 12, 1780; Angelo, Reminiscences.)
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1776 | Appt(Appointment) | Garrick, Carrington | William, Duke of Devonshire / | domestic chaplain | View |
| 1776 | Ordi(ordination) | Garrick, Carrington | / | priest | View |
| 1776 | Ordi(ordination) | Garrick, Carrington | / | deacon | View |
| 1777 | Appt(Institution) | Garrick, Carrington | Hendon / | Vicar | View |