Charles Packenham Buchanan

Alderman Charles Packenham Buchanan (9 November 1874 - 22 September 1924) was Mayor of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia from 1909 for 2 terms.

Charles Packenham Buchanan was born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia on 9 November 1874 to John Alfred Buchanan (born Enniskillen, Fermanagh, Ireland 1843 - Brisbane 1886) and Jessie Jane Fraser (born Brisbane 14 December 1849 - Brisbane 1944).

He was educated at St. Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace in Brisbane. He attended the University of Sydney where he graduated with a B.A. in 1900.

He married Elsie Waverley Newman, daughter of the well known photographer John Hubert Newman in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in 1899.

He had four sons (John Packenham, Reginald Patrick Packenham, Joseph MacKenzie Packenham and Hilary Packenham) and 2 daughters (Marie Packenham and Jean Jessie Packenham).

He was an alderman on the Brisbane City Council from 1904 - 1921. He was Mayor of Brisbane during 2 terms, from 1908 and from 1918-1919.

Charles Packenham Buchanan died in Brisbane on 22 September 1924. He is buried in the Toowong Cemetery.

Photographs:

[http://enc.slq.qld.gov.au/slq/neg/research/042000/42329r.jpgAlderman in 1908] [http://elibcat.library.brisbane.qld.gov.au/uhtbin/hyperion-image/BCC-B120-32356 Alderman in 1915] [http://enc.slq.qld.gov.au/slq/neg/research/151000/151055r.jpgCharles in Academic dress]