# John Manton

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'''John Allen Manton''' (17 August 1807 – 9 September 1864) was an English-born Australian [Methodist](/source/Methodist) [minister](/source/minister_(Christianity)), school [principal](/source/Principal_(school)) and founding President of [Newington College](/source/Newington_College), Sydney.

==Early life==
Manton was born in [Biggleswade](/source/Biggleswade), Bedfordshire. As a teenager he became aware of his [vocation](/source/vocation) and after a trial with the Methodist Society he was made a [local preacher](/source/Methodist_local_preacher) before being [ordained](/source/ordained) in 1830. The following year he left for [missionary](/source/missionary) service in [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales).

==Australian ministry==
On his arrival in Australia in 1831, Manton was appointed to [Parramatta](/source/Parramatta%2C_New_South_Wales). He transferred six months later to a penal settlement at [Macquarie Harbour](/source/Macquarie_Harbour), [Van Diemen's Land](/source/Van_Diemen's_Land) and then to [Port Arthur](/source/Port_Arthur%2C_Tasmania) as chaplain. There, he also organized and conducted convict schools for adult convicts and convict boys. From 1834, Manton conducted a successful ministry in [Launceston](/source/Launceston%2C_Tasmania). After several short appointments he was reappointed to Port Arthur, remaining there until [Wesleyan](/source/Wesleyanism) chaplains were withdrawn from service. He later served as superintendent minister in [Hobart](/source/Hobart).

==Schoolmaster==
In 1855 he opened [Horton College](/source/Horton_College), [Campbell Town, Tasmania](/source/Campbell_Town%2C_Tasmania), as its first principal. He asked to be relieved of its oversight in 1857 and moved to New South Wales, where he proposed the establishment of a Wesleyan collegiate institution. In 1862 [Newington House](/source/Newington%2C_New_South_Wales) was leased and, with Manton as President, it was opened in July as Newington College. His health had never been robust and he died at the college in the following year, survived by his widow, Anne, and several children.
==References== 
*J. Colwell (ed.), ''A Century in the Pacific'' (Sydney, 1914)
*D. S. Macmillan, ''Newington College 1863–1963'' (Sydney, 1963)
*P. L. Swain, ''Newington Across the Years 1863–1998'' (Sydney, 1999)

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