newsletter 34 / 2014
R. H.D. White: the man behind the ‘Good Shepherd’ window in St John’s Anglican Church
Robert Hoddle Driberg The Whites always maintained their connections to Stroud and White (1838 - 1900) in 1883 Robert White presented the ‘Good Shepherd’ window in was born on 19th the eastern wall of St John’s to the congregation in memory of his May 1838 in Stroud, mother, Sarah, who had passed away at just twenty-two in 1841 NSW. White was in Stroud. Sarah’s grave is located in the church grounds. born to parents James Charles White On 27 November 1883, ‘The Correspondent’ wrote in The and Sarah Elizabeth Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser that White (née Hoddle). ‘three windows of stained glass were presented by gentlemen as White’s grandfather, memorials of dear and departed relatives.’ The writer continues Robert Hoddle, is to describe the ‘Good Shepherd’ window as ‘a rich and most one of the men beautiful work’ and states that White ‘promised [the window] given credit for more than two years ago, when he was on a visit to his native planning Melbourne’s layout. White spent his early years with his place.’ It is noted in the newspaper that ‘this window was made Melbourne grandparents before going to Sydney for his schooling. by the firm of Lyons and Cottier, and is universally admired and its cost was £115.’ White held a number of positions from banking to law to politics. Life was full of excitement when White was around. He pursued White died on 20 October 1900 at the Hospital for the Insane, bushrangers that stole from a bank branch in Deniliquin. In Callan Park, Sydney. White was survived by his wife, two sons, another escapade, he fought off men attempting to ambush him and two daughters. at a hotel while he was carrying a large sum of money for the bank on the Gympie Rd. ------
In 1863, White married a girl with Stroud connections, Eliza Jane By Sharon Burke 2014 Cowper, daughter of Rev. William Macquarie Cowper who was the first ordained Anglican minister and who served in Stroud Thanks to Stroud Historical Society, John Chadban’s Stroud & from 1836 to 1856. The A. A. Co., The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser 27/11/1883 p. 2, Australian Dictionary of Biography Robert took his wife on a trip to England in the early 1880s (www.adb.anu.edu.au); and Elizabeth Bradhurst. before returning to Australia and purchasing Tahlee House in Port Stephens. Tahlee was once home to the Commissioners of the Photo credit: Ross Zimmerman, Flickr, 2013. Australian Agricultural Company.
Wiggie – Correction In the previous edition of Pioneer, it was noted that Wiggie was buried in an unmarked grave. Thanks to Mrs Glenys Grey, we can let you know that through her hard work at Stroud Historical Society, Wiggie is, in fact, buried in a marked grave.
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