In 1902 he married Jessie (d. 1950), eldest daughter of Bolton stockbroker Joseph Ormrod at Rivington Unitarian Chapel, Rivington, near Chorley, Lancashire, England.
He was born at Rivington, Lancashire, and graduated B.A. at St John's College in 1544.
In Lever Park, Rivington near Chorley, William Lever built a folly which is a scale replica of Liverpool Castle in ruins.
The Rivington Pike Scheme, still in use today, was undertaken by Thomas Hawksley between 1850 and 1857.
"Wallsuches Bleach Works" brought employment to Horwich and workers came from Horwich, Blackrod, Adlington and Rivington.
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After his death, Charles Rivington was succeeded by his two sons, John (1720–1792) and James (1724–1802).
Anthony Wood and John Peshall, The Antient and Present State of the City of Oxford: Containing an Account of Its Foundation, Antiquity, Situation, Suburbs, Division by Wards, Walls, Castle, Fairs, Religious Houses, Abbeys, St. Frideswede's, Churches, as Well Those Destroyed as the Present, with Their Monumental Inscriptions, J. and F. Rivington, 1773, Oxford University
His work is described by critics and other artists as “fierce,” “at once raw and refined” (Donald Kuspit); “vertiginous and confrontational” (Knox Martin); “figurative, abstract and American” (Edward Lucie-Smith); “complex and luminous” (Ruth Bass); and “vibrant with near violent colors” (Harold Rubin, The Rivington Gallery, London, UK).
Rivington was one of the sons of the bookseller and publisher Charles Rivington and inherited a share of his father's business, which he lost at the Newmarket races.
Among the early artists of the Rivington School were E.F. Higgins III, Cowboy Ray Kelly, Jeff Perren, Toyo Tsuchiya, Monty Cantsin aka Istvan Kantor, Linus Coraggio, Paolo Buggiani, Tovey Halek, Jack Vengrow, Ken Hiratsuka, Jacek Tylicki,
FA-Q (Kevin Wendall).
The engineer for the Rivington reservoirs was Thomas Hawksley and construction took place between 1852 and 1857.