Benjamin Dudley (Archdeacon of Rangiora)

Benjamin Woolley Dudley (1805 – 28 August 1892) was a New Zealand Anglican priest in the 19th century.

Dudley was born in Dudley, Worcestershire, in late 1805.[1] He was educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge and ordained as a priest of the Church of England in 1838. He held curacies at Earnley, then Ticehurst. Emigrating to New Zealand on the Cressy,[2] he became the incumbent at Lyttelton. In 1876[3] he became Archdeacon of Rangiora,[4] where he remained until his death on 28 August 1892.[1]

Dudley was one of the first purchasers of rural land in the Christchurch district, choosing rural section 40 near Lyttelton.[5] His son, Benjamin Thornton Dudley, was Archdeacon of Waitemata, and later Auckland from 1883 to 1901.[6]

References

  1. "The Ven. Archdeacon Dudley". The Press. Vol. XLIX, no. 8269. 5 September 1892. p. 3. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. Cyclopedia Company Limited (1903). "Farmers". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Canterbury Provincial District. Christchurch: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  3. Anglican History
  4. "The Clergy List" 1864 p268
  5. "Rural sections chosen". Lyttelton Times. Vol. 1, no. 10. 15 March 1851. p. 7. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  6. Project Canterbury


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