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Alderman Charles Pakenham Buchanan (9 November 1874 – 22 September 1924) was Mayor of 
He had four sons (John Pakenham Buchanan, Reginald Patrick Pakenham Buchanan, Joseph MacKenzie Pakenham Buchanan and Hilary Packenham Buchanan) and 2 daughters (Marie Packenham Buchanan and Jean Jessie Pakenham Buchanan).
He was an alderman on the Brisbane City Council from 1904 - 1921. He was Mayor of
Brisbane
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, Queensland
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, Australia
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from 1909 for two terms.
Charles Pakenham Buchanan was born in Brisbane
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, Queensland
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, Australia
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on 9 November 1874 to John Alfred Buchanan (born Enniskillen
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, Fermanagh
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, Ireland 1843 - Brisbane 1886) and Jessie Jane Fraser (born Brisbane
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14 December 1849 - Brisbane
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1944).
He was educated at St. Joseph's College, Gregory Terrace
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in Brisbane
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. He attended the University of Sydney
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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
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, New South Wales
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, Australia
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in 1899.
He had four sons (John Pakenham Buchanan, Reginald Patrick Pakenham Buchanan, Joseph MacKenzie Pakenham Buchanan and Hilary Packenham Buchanan) and 2 daughters (Marie Packenham Buchanan and Jean Jessie Pakenham Buchanan).
He was an alderman on the Brisbane City Council from 1904 - 1921. He was Mayor of Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...
during two terms, from 1908 and from 1918 to 1919.
Charles Pakenham Buchanan died in Brisbane
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on 22 September 1924. He is buried in the Toowong Cemetery.
Photographs Alderman in 1908 Sources External links
Buchanan, Charles Pakenham
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