Carrington, James (1766-1825)

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Venn: Adm. sizar (age 17) at TRINITY, Apr. 15, 1762. S. of James (1735), of Upton-Hellions, Devon [R. there and Preb. of Exeter]. School, Exeter (Mr Hodgekinson). ' Matric. Michs. 1763; Scholar, 1764; LL.B. 1772. [The only undergraduate–induced by anxiety for his scholarship–to sign the admonition drawn up in 1764 by the Master and Fellows as an expression of their displeasure at the conduct of the undergraduates in absenting themselves from Hall on the occasion of the visit of Lord Sandwich.] R. of St Martin's, Exeter, 1770-1825. R. of Doddiscombleigh, Devon, 1773-86. Principal Registrar and subsequently Bishop's Official Principal and Chancellor of the diocese of Exeter, 1773-1825. [In Al. Cantab., Pt I, his father James Carrington (1735), occurs as Chancellor of the diocese, 1757-94, but according to information, sent by the Dean of Exeter and taken from the Notes of the late Prebendary Hyde, the Antiquarian, James Carrington, Junior, became Chancellor July 2, 1773, so his father presumably resigned in his son's favour.] Preb. of Exeter, 1775-1825. V. of Topsham, 1785-1825. V. of East Coker, Somerset, 1791-1825. Died 1825.

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