Charles Simeon (colonist)
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Captain Charles Simeon |
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| Born |
9 December 1816 Grazeley, Berkshire, England |
| Died | 29 May 1867 (aged 50) Hursley, Hampshire, England |
| Nationality | English |
| Known for | Leading roles in colonial Lyttelton and Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Parent(s) | Sir Richard Simeon, 2nd Baronet |
| Relatives |
Sir John Simeon, 3rd Baronet (brother) Cornwall Simeon (brother) Philip Williams (father-in-law) Sir Fitzwilliam Barrington, 10th Baronet (grandfather) Sir John Simeon, 1st Baronet (grandfather) Charles Simeon (great-uncle) |
Captain Charles Simeon (9 December 1816 – 29 May 1867) was one of the members of the Canterbury Association who emigrated to Canterbury in New Zealand in 1851. The family spent four years in the colony and during this time, he held various important posts and positions. He returned to England in 1855. He was devoted to the Anglican church and three of his sons became priests, while two of his daughters married priests.
Charles Simeon was born in Grazeley, Berkshire, England in 1816 into a wealthy family. He was baptised in St Helens on the Isle of Wight, where his family came from. He was the second son of Sir Richard Simeon, 2nd Baronet and his wife Louisa Edith Barrington, the oldest daughter of Sir Fitzwilliam Barrington, 10th Baronet. Nothing is known about his education. On 5 May 1842, he married his second cousin, Sarah Jane Williams (1818 – 3 April 1903) at Winchester. She was the daughter of Philip Williams KC, whose wife Jane Blachford also had Sir Fitzwilliam Barrington, 10th Baronet as her grandfather.
Simeon obtained the rank of captain in the 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot. On 17 October 1850, he joined the Canterbury Association and immediately joined the management committee. The object was to create an Anglican settlement in New Zealand, which happened with the Canterbury Region, with Christchurch as its capital. His elder brother John had been a founding member since March 1848, their younger brother Cornwall was to join the association in August 1851. His brother John probably also introduced Henry Sewell to the Canterbury Association; Sewell was to become a key member of the Association, and interacted greatly with Charles Simeon. Sewell became New Zealand's first Premier in 1856.
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