Charles Richmond Glover
Charles Richmond John Glover (1870–1936) was the Mayor of Adelaide from 1917 to 1919. He was in office when the City of Adelaide became a Lord Mayoralty in 1919, and so became Adelaide's first Lord Mayor. He served two further terms as Lord Mayor: from 1923 to 1925 and from 1930 to 1933.
He was a company director, active in the Freemasons[1] and philanthropist. He established the three Glover playgrounds in the Adelaide Parklands that are named after him.
He was a regular worshipper at St. John's Anglican Church and the author of History of the Church of St. John the Evangelist (1919).
He was father of Charles John Glover, known as Sir John Glover, Lord Mayor of Adelaide 1960-1963.[1]
References
- Glover (Family); Glover, Charles Peter, 1828-1881; Glover, Hannah, 1830-1913; Glover, C.R.J. (Charles Richmond John), 1870-1936; Glover, Charles John, Sir, 1902-1969; Glover, C. J. M (1840), Glover family, retrieved 16 August 2019CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- Valmai A. Hankel, 'Glover, Charles Richmond John (1870 - 1936)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 9, Melbourne University Press, 1983, pp 29–30.
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