Charles Richmond Glover

For other people named Charles Glover, see Charles Glover (disambiguation).

Charles Glover ca. 1919

Charles Richmond John Glover (1870–1936) was the Mayor of Adelaide from 1917 to 1919. He was in office when the City of Adelaide became a Lord Mayoralty in 1919, and so became Adelaide's first Lord Mayor. He served two further terms as Lord Mayor: from 1923 to 1925 and from 1930 to 1933.

He was a philanthropist and established the three Glover playgrounds in the Adelaide Parklands that are named after him.

References

• Valmai A. Hankel, 'Glover, Charles Richmond John (1870 - 1936)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 9, Melbourne University Press, 1983, pp 29–30.

Persondata
Name	Glover, Charles Richmond
Alternative names
Short description	Mayor of Adelaide, 1917-1919
Date of birth	3 May 1870
Place of birth	Richmond, Surrey
Date of death	27 October 1936
Place of death	Adelaide, South Australia

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