Stephen Rendell Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Honourable
Stephen Rendell
Office2:Member of the House of Assembly for Trinity Bay
Term Start2:1859
Term End2:1873
Monarch2:Queen Victoria
Birth Date:24 May 1819
Birth Place:Coffinswell, England
Death Place:Coffinswell, England
Nationality:Newfoundlander, English
Spouse:Catharine Norris
Children:3
Occupation:Merchant, Politician

Stephen Rendell (May 24, 1819  - April 4, 1893) was an English-born merchant and politician in Newfoundland. He represented Trinity Bay in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1859 to 1873.

He was born in Coffinswell, Devon, the son of John Rendell. In 1834, he was apprenticed to the merchants Bulley, Job and Company operating in St. John's. In 1859, he became a partner. Rendell, a supporter of union with Canada, was named to the colony's Legislative Council in 1874. He served as a founding member and president of the St. John's Agricultural Society. As a hunter, Rendell helped implement the introduction of snowshoe hares, now an important small game animal and food source on the island,[1] from Nova Scotia. He resigned from business and returned to England in 1881 because of ill health due to asthma, later dying in Coffinswell at the age of 73.

Personal life

Rendell married Catharine Norris in 1852. He had at least three children, including sons R.G. Rendell, A.S. Rendell and Doctor Rendell.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Snowshoe Hare . Hinterland Who's Who . Canadian Wildlife Service . 2009-10-19.