Richard Joshua Thorpe (born 13 May 1838 Hoghton; died 23 October 1920 Christchurch) [1] was an Anglican priest in the second half of the 19th century and the first two decades of the 20th. [2]
Thorpe was educated at Trinity College, Dublin [3] and ordained in 1862. He served three curacies: at St John, Dublin (1861–1864); St Andrew the Less, Cambridge (1864 [4] -1866) and St John, Langley, Essex (1866–1867).He was at All Saints, Nelson from 1867 to 1878, where he was also archdeacon of Waimea [5] and dean of New Zealand. He was then the incumbent of St Paul, Wellington. [6]
