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| name = Sir Frederick Carrington
| image = Black & White Budget02 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Frederick Carrington
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1844|8|23}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1913|3|22|1844|8|23}}
| birth_place = [[Cheltenham]]
| death_place = [[Cheltenham]]
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| rank = [[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major General]]
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| commands = [[Frontier Light Horse]] 2nd Mounted Infantry
| battles = [[Xhosa Wars|Ninth Frontier War]] [[Basuto Gun War]] [[First Matabele War]] [[Second Matabele War|Matabele Rebellion]] [[Second Anglo-Boer War]] [[Sekhukhune | Sekhukhune Wars]]
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[[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major-General]] '''Sir Frederick Carrington''', {{postnominals|country=GBR|sep=,|KCB|KCMG}} (23 August 1844 – 22 March 1913) was a [[British Army]] officer best known for his role in the [[Second Matabele War]].

==Biography==

Carrington was educated at [[Cheltenham College]] and joined the [[South Wales Borderers|24th Regiment of Foot]] in 1864.

In 1875, he arrived in South Africa where he raised and commanded the Mounted Infantry in the [[Griqualand West]] expedition and the [[Frontier Light Horse]] in the [[Xhosa Wars|Ninth Frontier War]] in 1877.

He commanded the [[Transvaal Colony|Transvaal]] Volunteer Force against [[Sekhukhune]] in 1878–1879 and the [[Cape Mounted Riflemen]] in the [[Basuto Gun War]] of 1881. He was severely wounded in this campaign.

In 1885, he accompanied Sir [[Charles Warren]]'s expedition to [[Bechuanaland Protectorate|Bechuanaland]] in command of the 2nd Mounted Infantry, which soon became known as 'Carrington's Horse'.

He commanded the [[Bechuanaland Protectorate|Bechuanaland]] Police beginning in 1888. He also was appointed military adviser to the [[High Commissioner]] in the [[First Matabele War]] and commanded the British force in the [[Second Matabele War|Matabele Rebellion]] in 1896.

Carrington was in command of [[Belfast]] district in 1899–1900. Following the outbreak of the [[Second Boer War]] in October 1899, he was appointed on the staff of the South Africa Field Force on 28 February 1900, with the local rank of a [[Lieutenant-general (British Army)|lieutenant-general]]<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27169 |page=1352| date=27 February 1900}}</ref> to be in command of the [[Rhodesia]]n [[Field Force]]. This was a field force established to prevent attacks on Rhodesia from the south, and the soldiers were drawn from the various colonial contingents in the war, including the [[South Australian Citizen Bushmen]] (though not from Rhodesia itself).<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The War - Sir F. Carrington′s Command |date=21 March 1900 |page=10 |issue=36095}}</ref> Carrington left for [[South Africa]] in March 1900 on the [[RMS Dunottar Castle|SS ''Dunottar Castle'']], and arrived in Cape Town the following month.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The War - Embarcation of Troops |date=19 March 1900 |page=9 |issue=36093}}</ref>

He was created a Knight Commander of the [[Order of St Michael and St George]] (KCMG) in 1887, a Knight Commander of the [[Order of the Bath]] (KCB) in 1897, and retired with the rank of major-general.

He was the father-in-law of World War I [[Flying ace|fighter ace]] [[William Mayes Fry]] and the father of the writer [[Dorothy Carrington]].

==References==
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==Bibliography==
{{cite encyclopedia|title = Carrington, Sir Frederick|encyclopedia = Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa|volume = 3|pages = 105–6|publisher = Nasou Limited|year = 1971
|isbn = 978-0-625-00324-2}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Frederick Carrington}}
* [http://pinetreeweb.com/saw-carrington.htm Article and colour painting at Pine Tree Web]

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