Charles Fenn (c. 1816 – 17 February 1873) was a solicitor and member of the first Legislative Council in the Colony of South Australia.
Fenn arrived in South Australia 15 April 1838 aboard the Lord Goderich from London.[1][2]
He worked as solicitor in Adelaide from around 1849, and was in partnership with Henry Johnson as "Johnson and Fenn" from 1849 to 1850. Shortly after the partnership was dissolved, Johnson was implicated in fraudulent conversion of trust funds.
He was the member for East Torrens in the Legislative Council following the resignation of George Waterhouse and served from June 1854 to August 1855.[3] He was an opponent of R. R. Torrens's Real Property Act (which threatened a source of income for lawyers).[4]
He died in Adelaide following a fall.[2]
- ^ "Advertisement". Southern Australian. 23 June 1838. p. 2. Retrieved 30 June 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ a b "The late Mr Charles Fenn". Adelaide Observer. 22 February 1873. p. 7. Retrieved 16 November 2022 – via Trove.
- ^ "Charles Fenn". Former members of the Parliament of South Australia. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ^ "Old colonists: Charles Fenn". The Border Watch. 22 February 1873. p. 3. Retrieved 28 April 2015 – via Trove.