William Whitridge Roberts Whitridge (c. 1824 – 26 May 1861) was an Australian newspaper editor in the early days of South Australia.

History

Whitridge emigrated from England on the Panama, arriving in South Australia in October 1850. A fellow passenger, with whom he was to found a lasting friendship, was John Lorenzo Young, founder in 1852 of the Adelaide Educational Institution.[1]

Whitridge worked for the Austral Examiner[2] before taking a job as editor with the South Australian Register around 1859. He was a member of the Free Rifles corps and a foundation member of the Philosophical Society and the South Australian Society of Arts. He was married and had a home "Kurltoparinga", Inman Valley (which served as the local church),[3] then "Pine Villa", Enfield, where he died suddenly, aged 36.

He had created a sufficient impression among art and literature lovers of Adelaide that a well-attended lecture was given in White's Assembly Rooms by W. Townsend for the benefit of his widow and family.[4]

Family

He was married to Charlotte Elizabeth (ca.1821 – 7 March 1910) ; they had five children:

References

  1. ^ [Chessell, Diana Adelaide's Dissenting Headmaster 2014; Wakefield Press, South Australia. ISBN 978 1 74305 240 2 ]
  2. ^ "The Late Charles Jarrett". South Australian Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 22 January 1852. p. 3. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Inman Valley". South Australian Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 19 September 1854. p. 3. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Mr. Townsend's Lecture in Aid of the Whitridge Fund". South Australian Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 18 September 1861. p. 2. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
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