Charles Frederick Christian Padel MA (20 July 1872 – 11 March 1958) was an English educationalist, headmaster of

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from 1909 to 1912 and of Carlisle Grammar School, 1912 to 1932 Padel was born in

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, the son of Christian Gottlieb Padel. He was educated at

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, and

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, gaining a 1st Class degree in the

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in 1894. Padel worked as an assistant master at several public schools;

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(1895),

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(1895–1896), Rossall Preparatory School (1896–1898),

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(1899),

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(1900–1901),

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(1901–1907) and

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, (1907–1909). He was then headmaster of

from 1909 to 1912 and of Carlisle Grammar School, 1912 to 1932. In 1910 at St Jude's Church, Kensington, London he married Mòrag Una Fioughal Hunter, the third daughter of John Hunter MD of Rothesay and his wife Sarah Agnes Matilda (née Anderson).The letters of Lewis Carroll Volume 1 They had three sons including

John Hunter Padel John Hunter Padel (3 May 1913 – 24 October 1999) was a British psychoanalyst and classicist. He was born in Carlisle, where his father Charles Padel was headmaster of Carlisle Grammar School. His mother was Mòrag (née Hunter), 3rd daughter ...

(1913-1999), the psychoanalyst, and one daughter, Una C.C. Padel (born 1918) who (1961) married Sir George Bishop. He died in

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in 1958.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Padel, Charles Frederick Christian 1872 births 1958 deaths People educated at St Peter's School, York Alumni of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge Heads of schools in England