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]

References

  1. ↑ The Timaru Herald, Volume XCVII, Issue 15021, 15 April 1913, Page 7
  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
  5. ↑ "Obituary: Canon H. Packe". Gisborne Times. 3 December 1934. p. 5. Retrieved 12 September 2020.


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