# Alfred Fitchett

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**Alfred Robertson Fitchett** (1836 – 19 April 1929)[1] was the [Dean of Dunedin](/source/St._Paul's_Cathedral,_Dunedin)[2] from 1894 until 1929.[3]

Born in [Grantham](/source/Grantham), [Lincolnshire](/source/Lincolnshire), England, in 1836,[4] Fitchett was [ordained](/source/Ordained) in 1879, and graduated [MA](/source/Master_of_Arts) from the [University of Otago](/source/University_of_Otago) in 1882.[5] He was [Vicar](/source/Vicar) of [All Saints' Church, Dunedin](/source/All_Saints'_Church,_Dunedin) for 49 years, he continued at All Saints as well as being [Dean](/source/Dean_(religion)): he was also [Archdeacon](/source/Archdeacon) of [Dunedin](/source/Dunedin) from 1915 to 1919.

In the [1928 King's Birthday Honours](/source/1928_Birthday_Honours_(New_Zealand)), Fitchett was appointed a [Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George](/source/Companion_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George).[6] He died in Dunedin on 19 April 1929,[7] and was buried in the [Dunedin Northern Cemetery](/source/Dunedin_Northern_Cemetery).[8]

His son, [William Fitchett](/source/William_Fitchett), was [Bishop of Dunedin](/source/Bishop_of_Dunedin) from 1934 to 1952.[9] His daughter, [Margaret Fitchett](/source/Margaret_Fitchett), was an artist.

## References

1. [Northern Cemetery](http://northerncemetery.org.nz/burial/14737/bio)

1. [WVR](http://newsimages.worldvitalrecords.com/books%5C2009JUN14%5CCDAustraliaAU2133-3_SydneyDiocesanDir1919%5C70.pdf)

1. *[Crockford's Clerical Directory](/source/Crockford's_Clerical_Directory) 1929–30* p439 London: [OUP](/source/Oxford_University_Press), 1929

1. ["Obituary: Dean Alfred Robertson Fitchett"](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19290420.2.164). *[The Press](/source/The_Press)*. 20 April 1929. p. 20. Retrieved 9 October 2017.

1. ["New Zealand university graduates 1870–1961: F"](http://shadowsoftime.co.nz/university9.html). *Shadows of Time*. Retrieved 9 October 2017.

1. No. 33390. 4 June 1928. p. 3849.

1. ["Deaths"](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19290420.2.53). *[Otago Daily Times](/source/Otago_Daily_Times)*. 20 April 1929. p. 12. Retrieved 9 October 2017.

1. ["Cemeteries search"](https://www.dunedin.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/cemeteries-search?recordid=87792&type=Burial). Dunedin City Council. Retrieved 28 September 2021.

1. *[Crockford's Clerical Directory](/source/Crockford's_Clerical_Directory) 1951–52* p1954 London: Oxford University Press, 1951

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