CARRINGTON, WELLINGTON (1814-90), who was a surveyor, first visited Bay of Islands in 1835, and in 1839 was engaged as an assistant surveyor to the New Zealand Company. He sailed in the Cuba and worked on a survey of the site of the town, which it was proposed to establish at Petone. In Dec 1840 he visited Wanganui to lay off sections for the town, and then went to Taranaki, where his brothers (F. A. and O.) had already arrived. During the Taranaki war Carrington was a captain in the militia and he was later attached to the native office. He interpreted at the arrest of Te Whiti (1881). Carrington represented Omata in the Taranaki Provincial Council (1872-73). He married a daughter of T. Mace (q.v.). His death occurred on 8 Feb 1890.

Wells; Taranaki Herald, 7 Nov 1872, 8, 10 Feb 1890. Portrait: Taranaki Hist. Coll.

Reference: Volume 1, page 88

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