Background
WALLINGTON, Edward William was born on December 7, 1854. Son of late Colonel Sir John W. Wallington of Keevil Manor,, Trowbridge,Wiltshire.
WALLINGTON, Edward William was born on December 7, 1854. Son of late Colonel Sir John W. Wallington of Keevil Manor,, Trowbridge,Wiltshire.
Studied at Sherborne School: Oriel College, Oxford. Bachelor of Arts 1878. Private I Secretary to Governor of Fiji, 1883-1885.
To Earl ' Carrington, Governor of New South Wales, 89.
Secretary of the Melbourne Club, 1889. J Private Secretary to the Earl of Hopetoun, j Governor of Victoria, 1889-1895. To Lord Brassey, Governor of Victoria, 1895-1890.
To Sir T. Fowell Buxton, Governor of South Australia, 1896-1899. To Lord Tennyson, Governor of South Australia, 1899-1900. To Lord Hopetoun, Governor-General of Australia, and clerk of the Federal Executive Council of the Commonwealth, 1901.
To Lord Tennyson, Acting Governor-General of the I Commonwealth, 1902. Groom of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales, 1903-1910. Groom-in-Waiting to the King, and Private Secretary to the Queen since 1910; Honourable Registrar, League of Mercy.
Clubs : Marlborough, Junior Carlton.