Charles Fenn


Charles Fenn was a solicitor and member of the first Legislative Council in the Colony of South Australia.
Fenn arrived in South Australia 15 April 1838 aboard the Lord Goderich from London.
He worked as solicitor in Adelaide from around 1849, and was in partnership with Henry Johnson as "Johnson and Fenn" from 1849 to 1850. Shortly after the partnership was dissolved, Johnson was implicated in fraudulent conversion of trust funds.
He was the member for East Torrens in the Legislative Council following the resignation of George Waterhouse and served from June 1854 to August 1855. He was an opponent of R. R. Torrens's Real Property Act.
He died following a fall.

Family

He married Sarah Isabella Bradshaw, daughter of Robert Fletcher Bradshaw, on 3 March 1842
His last residence was in Childers Street, North Adelaide.