1. Frederic Alonzo Carrington was a 19th-century New Zealand politician and surveyor.
12 Facts About Frederic Carrington
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Frederic Carrington is regarded as the Father of New Plymouth.
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Frederic Carrington was 15 years in the Ordnance Survey Department.
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Frederic Carrington arrived in Wellington with his family in the ship London in December 1840 as a cabin passenger.
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Frederic Carrington left for New Zealand with his family in January 1857 and in 1862 was made Government Engineering Surveyor for Taranaki.
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Frederic Carrington finally obtained a grant of land in 1877.
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Frederic Carrington was Superintendent of Taranaki Province from 1869 to 1876, and was the member of Parliament for Omata in 1870 and then Grey and Bell from 1871 to 1879 when he retired.
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Frederic Carrington had stood unsuccessfully in the 1869 by-election for Town of New Plymouth.
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Frederic Carrington was a member of the Harbour Board, and an advocate of an adequate harbour for New Plymouth.
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In 1881, Frederic Carrington laid the first stone for the main breakwater at the port, using a trowel made from Taranaki ironsand.
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Frederic Carrington died in New Plymouth and is buried in the family grave in Te Henui Cemetery.
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Frederic Carrington is regarded as the father of New Plymouth.