Jordan, Reverend Charles, 1838-1912 (Person)

SummaryAnglican clergyman and civic leader, born County Kerry, Ireland, educated Trinity College Dublin, B.A. 1866, and ordained by the Bishop of Tuam. Arrived Tauranga in 1873 as Holy Trinity’s first vicar for 39 years, later made Canon. He was a Justice of the Peace, magistrate, chaplain to the New Zealand forces, Hospital and Charitable Aid Board member and chairman, Town Board chairman, school committee chairman, borough councillor, nine-time mayor, promoter of local education examinations, and advocate for Tauranga’s borough status, Domain and civic institutions.SourcesBush, Ernest E. "Canon Charles Jordan" in Journal of the Tauranga Historical Society Number 17, page 20Penny, Noeline "Rev, Charles Jordan" in Historical Review, Vol. 65 No. 2, pages 44–45Rosalie Liddle Crawford, "Tauranga’s only commemorative statue", Sunlive 4 October 2024Find a Grave record for Charles Jordan

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Canon Charles Jordan, Vicar of The Holy Trinity church from 1873 and Mayor of Tauranga many times c. 1870s. Restored portion of Photo 04-428 with original portion inset.

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Jordan, Reverend Charles, 1838-1912 (Person)