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Walter Harper (12 January 1848 – 6 January 1930) was
Dean of Christchurch from 1901 until 1913.
[1]
Harper was born on 12 January 1848 at
Stratfield Mortimer ,
Berkshire , England. He was the fourteenth child of
Henry Harper , a former Bishop of Christchurch, and Emily Harper (
née Wooldridge ). His parents emigrated to
Christchurch in New Zealand on the Egmont , arriving in
Lyttelton on 23 December 1856. Harper received his education at
Christ's College, Christchurch (1857–1868) in
Christchurch , and
Trinity College, Oxford ; and
ordained in 1873.
[2]
[3] After a
curacy in
Bebington he was
Vicar of
Ellesmere then Christchurch. He was
principal of the Upper Department
[4] at
Christ's College, Christchurch
[5] and
sub-dean of
Christchurch Cathedral from 1893 until 1900.
On 13 July 1875, Harper married Emily Hope at
St Andrew's Church in
Bebington ,
Merseyside , England.
[6] They had a son and a daughter.
[2] His wife died on 27 September 1880 at the parsonage in
Southbridge aged 35.
[7] On 23 January 1919, Harper married Sibella Ross at
St John the Baptist Church in Christchurch.
[8] She was the daughter of
George Ross .
[5]
Harper died on 6 January 1930 at Christchurch
[2]
[9] and was buried at
Barbadoes Street Cemetery . His second wife died in 1934.
[2] His daughter Emily first married Hugh Maude Reeves and, after Reeves' death, she married his business partner
Leopold George Dyke Acland .
[10]
References
^ "Harper, Very Rev. Walter".
Who Was Who . Oxford University Press. 2014. (subscription required)
^
a
b
c
d
Macdonald, George .
"Dean Walter Harper" . Macdonald Dictionary .
Canterbury Museum . Retrieved 29 November 2022 .
^
Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p 632: London, Horace Cox, 1908
^
Project Canterbury
^
a
b Blain, Michael.
"Blain Biographical Directory of Anglican Clergy in the South Pacific : ordained before 1951" (PDF) .
^
"Marriages" .
The Evening Post . Vol. XII, no. 76. 27 September 1875. Retrieved 29 November 2022 .
^
"Deaths" .
The Star . No. 3884. 28 September 1880. p. 2. Retrieved 29 November 2022 .
^
"Harper Ross" .
The Press . Vol. LV, no. 16429. 24 January 1919. p. 2. Retrieved 29 November 2022 .
^ "Deaths".
The Times . No. 45405. London, England. 8 January 1930. p. 6.
^
McLintock, A. H. , ed. (1966). "Acland, Leopold George Dyke".
An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand .
Ministry for Culture and Heritage / Te Manatū Taonga . Retrieved 29 November 2022 .
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