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. XLIX (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. 1 (10). 15 March 1851. p. 7. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  6. Project Canterbury


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