Stephen Rendell (May 24, 1819 – April 4, 1893) was an
English
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-born merchant and politician in
Newfoundland
Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...
. He represented
Trinity Bay in the
Newfoundland House of Assembly
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from 1859 to 1873.
He was born in
Coffinswell
Coffinswell is a small village in South Devon, England, just off the A380, the busy Newton Abbot to Torquay road. It lies within Teignbridge District Council.
Coffinswell has a church dedicated to Saint Bartholomew with a Norman font. Near the c ...
,
Devon
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, 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 hare
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s, now an important small game animal and food source on the island,
from
Nova Scotia
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Most of the population are native En ...
. He resigned from business and returned to England in 1881 because of ill health due to
asthma
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, 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.
References
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Members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
Members of the Legislative Council of Newfoundland
1819 births
1893 deaths
English emigrants to pre-Confederation Newfoundland
Newfoundland Colony people
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