Richard Edgar Christian
Richard Edgar Christian | |
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Chief Magistrate of Pitcairn | |
In office 1926–1929 | |
Preceded by | Parkin Christian |
Succeeded by | Arthur Herbert Young |
In office 1935–1938 | |
Preceded by | Parkin Christian |
Succeeded by | Arthur Herbert Young |
In office 1940 | |
Preceded by | Arthur Herbert Young |
Succeeded by | David Young |
Personal details | |
Born | 14 August 1882 Pitcairn Island |
Died | 20 June 1940(1940-06-20) (aged 57) Pitcairn Island |
Richard Edgar Christian (14 August 1882 – 20 June 1940) was a Pitcairn Islander. He served as Chief Magistrate of Pitcairn in three spells between 1926 and 1940, and was also the island's first postmaster.
Biography
Christian was born on Pitcairn Island on 14 August 1882 to Francis Hickson Christian and Eunice Jane Lawrence Young.[1] His siblings included Parkin Christian, another Chief Magistrate.[2] On 22 August 1907 he married Adelia Carrie Jordon McCoy, the daughter of long-serving Pitcairn leader James Russell McCoy.[1] They had three children, Hilda, Warren and Ivan.[1] Warren and Ivan also later served as Chief Magistrates.
Whilst serving as the island's official secretary, Christian became Pitcairn's first postmaster. Shortly after the opening of the Panama Canal in 1914, a mailbag was received from the postmaster of the Canal Zone and opened by Christian. It contained a letter stating that the Canal Zone post office would be the new central office for Pitcairn mail, and that whoever had opened the letter would be responsible for post after it arrived on Pitcairn.[3]
Christian became Chief Magistrate for the first time on 1 January 1926, succeeding his brother Parkin. He served until 1930, when he was succeeded by Arthur Herbert Young.[4] He began his second term in January 1935, serving until Young succeeded him again in 1939. Young remained in office for only a year before Christian started his third term at the start of 1940.[4]
He died on 20 June 1940 on Pitcairn Island,[5] and was succeeded as Chief Magistrate by David Young.[4]
References
- ^ a b c Who Are the Pitcairners? Pitcairn Islands Study Centre
- ^ Who Are the Pitcairners?: CHRISTIAN, Betty --> CHRISTIAN, George Henry Parkin Pitcairn Islands Study Centre
- ^ Death of Pitcairn Island leader Pacific Islands Monthly, September 1940, p22
- ^ a b c Pitcairn Island Civil Recorder
- ^ Mr. Richard Edgar Christian Pacific Islands Monthly, August 1940, p18
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- Ned Young (1793–1800)
- John Adams (1800–1829)
- Joshua Hill (1832–1838)
- Edward Quintal (1838–1839)
- Arthur Quintal I (1840–1841)
- Fletcher Christian II (1842)
- Matthew McCoy (1843)
- Thursday October Christian II (1844)
- Arthur Quintal II (1845–1846)
- Charles Christian II (1847)
- George Adams (1848)
- Simon Young (1849)
- Arthur Quintal II (1850)
- Thursday October Christian II (1851)
- Abraham Blatchly Quintal (1852)
- Matthew McCoy (1853)
- Arthur Quintal II (1854)
- George Martin Frederick Young (1855–1856)
- Thursday October Christian II (1864)
- Moses Young (1865–1866)
- Thursday October Christian II (1867)
- Robert Pitcairn Buffett (1868)
- Moses Young (1869)
- James Russell McCoy (1870–1872)
- Thursday October Christian II (1873–1874)
- Moses Young (1875)
- Thursday October Christian II (1876–1877)
- James Russell McCoy (1878–1779)
- Thursday October Christian II (1880)
- Moses Young (1881)
- Thursday October Christian II (1882)
- James Russell McCoy (1883)
- Benjamin Stanley Young (1884–1885)
- James Russell McCoy (1886–1889)
- Charles Carleton Vieder Young (1890–1891)
- Benjamin Stanley Young (1892)
- James Russell McCoy (1893–1896)
- William Alfred Young (1897)
- James Russell McCoy (1897–1903)
- William Alfred Young (1904)
- James Russell McCoy (1905–1906)
- Arthur Herbert Young (1907)
- William Alfred Young (1908)
- Matthew Edmond McCoy (1909)
- Gerard Bromley Robert Christian (1910–1919)
- Charles Richard Parkin Christian (1920)
- Frederick Martin Christian (1921)
- Charles Richard Parkin Christian (1922)
- Edgar Allen Christian (1923–1924)
- Charles Richard Parkin Christian (1925)
- Richard Edgar Christian (1926–1929)
- Arthur Herbert Young (1930–1931)
- Edgar Allen Christian (1932)
- Charles Richard Parkin Christian (1933–1934)
- Richard Edgar Christian (1935–1938)
- Arthur Herbert Young (1939)
- Richard Edgar Christian (1940)
- Andrew Clarence David Young (1940)
- Arthur Herbert Young (1941)
- Frederick Martin Christian (1942–1943)
- Charles Richard Parkin Christian (1944–1945)
- Norris Henry Young (1945–1948)
- Charles Richard Parkin Christian (1949)
- Warren Clive Christian (1950–1951)
- John Lorenzo Christian (1952–1954)
- Charles Richard Parkin Christian (1955–1957)
- Warren Clive Christian (1958–1959)
- John Lorenzo Christian (1959–1966)
- Pervis Ferris Young (1967–1975)
- Ivan Christian (1975–1984)
- Brian Young (1984–1991)
- Jay Warren (1991–1999)
- Steve Christian (1999–2004)
- Brenda Christian (2004)
- Jay Warren (2005–2007)
- Mike Warren (2008–2013)
- Shawn Christian (2014–2019)
- Charlene Warren-Peu (2020–2022)
- Simon Young (2023–)