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The following is a transcript of a speech made in
Hobart, Australia on the 25th Feb. 1894;
"To the Very Reverend Charles Leslie Dundas, Dean of Hobart,
"Sir, We the undersigned members of the Parish Council, on behalf of the
congregation of St. David's Cathedral, Hobart, on the eve of your
departure for England, desire to express our warm appreciation of your
earnest and faithful discharge of the high and holy duties of your sacred
office as Dean of Hobart and Incumbent of the Cathedral Parish of the
Diocese. We also wish to record our deep and grateful sense of your great
liberality and your generous and unselfish efforts to promote and improve
the financial position of the Cathedral parish and fully recognise the
value of your warm sympathy with all who suffer from sickness or
adversity. Rest assured that we deeply sympathise with you in your
seperation from your dear wife and family and in the anxiety from which
you have been suffering for some time past. We sincerely regret the cause
of your leaving our shores, even though your absence may be but for a
short period and we earnestly hope you will return to Hobart at the
expiration of your leave of absence, accompanied by Mrs. Dundas and your
children, with renewed health to again take up and continue with brighter
prospects the good work which you have for some years been carrying on in
our midst. Trusting that you will have a pleasant and prosperous voyage to
England and a happy reunion with your wife and family"
At first, it was apparently Charles Leslie
Dundas' intention to return to Hobart, however on Sept.27th 1895, the
Bishop received a letter from Charles Dundas tendering his resignation
from the Deanery as he had accepted the Vicarage of Charminster in Dorset.
Charles Dundas remained as Vicar of Charminster for 19 years, being
appointed Archdeacon of Dorset in 1902. In 1914 he became Canon
Residentiary of Salisbury Cathedral, which position he held until his
retirement in 1928. On his retirement, he received the honour and title of
Canon Emeritus Of Salisbury Cathedral. He spent his remaining years in
Weybridge, Surrey, where he died aged 84 in 1932.
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