Horace Packe Explained

Horace Packe (22 March 1865 – 2 December 1934) was the Archdeacon of Southland from 1913^[1] until 1922.

Packe was born in Shangton on 22 March 1865; educated at St Edward's School, Oxford and Worcester College, Oxford^[2] and deacon in 1891 and priest in 1892. After curacies in Hastings, Darrington and Georgetown he was Chaplain to the Gold Coast Colony then Vicar of Suva.^[3] He came to New Zealand in 1907 and was Vicar of Wakatipu until his appointment as Archdeacon.^[4]

Packe died in Gisborne on 2 December 1934.^[5]

Notes and References

1. [The Timaru Herald]
2. "Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886" Foster,J (Ed) Vol III p1055: Oxford, John Parrker, 1891
3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p1082 London, Horace Cox, 1908
4. "Blain's Directory of the Clergy of Dunedin" Copyright the Reverend Dr. Michael Blain, 2003 Reproduced online with permission at http://anglicanhistory.org
5. News: Obituary: Canon H. Packe . 3 December 1934 . 5 . Gisborne Times . 12 September 2020.