TRIPP, CHARLES GEORGE (1826-97), son of the Rev. Charles Tripp, D.D., of Silverton rectory, was born in Kentisbere in Devonshire, England, and educated at the Merchant Taylors' school, London. In 1853 he was admitted to the bar and two years later came to New Zealand. In partnership with J. B. A. Acland (q.v.), he stocked several runs in the back country of mid-Canterbury, and settled at Orari Gorge. Tripp was for many years chairman of the Geraldine county council, and a prominent member of the Geraldine and Mount Peel road boards and of the Timaru Agricultural and Pastoral association. In 1858 he married Ellen Shepherd, daughter of Bishop Harper, and author of My Early Days. He died on 6 Jul 1897.

Col. Gent.; Acland; Lyttelton Times, 8 Jul 1897.

Reference: Volume 2, page 201

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