Sir Charles Patrick John Coghlan KCMG, was a lawyer and politician who served as Premier (later Prime Minister) of Southern Rhodesia from 1 October 1923 to his death. He was Southern Rhodesia's first head of government after it became a self-governing colony within the British Empire.
Born, and raised in King William's Town, South Africa. His father was from Ireland. He was educated at the Jesuit St Aidans College in Grahamstown. He was awarded a bursary to the South African College, Cape Town, where he studied law with the intent of becoming a barrister.
From 1882-1900 he lived in Kimberley, where he practiced law. Coghlan was elected to the Kimberley town council in 1897.
He married Gertrude Mary Schermbrucker in Wynberg, Cape Town South Africa in 1899. They had a daughter Petal, who survived into old age
Coghlan moved to Bulawayo in 1900 to practise as a lawyer. He was elected to the Southern Rhodesian Legislative Council in 1908, representing the Western electoral district.
He became Premier (Prime Minister) in 1923. He died in office in 1927 at the age of 64 of a cerebral haemorrhage. A solemn requiem was celebrated for him in Westminster Cathedral, London. He was initially buried in the Bulawayo cemetery but, following a petition from Bulawayo Town Council, Parliament consented for him to be reburied in the Matopos Hills, alongside Cecil Rhodes and Starr Jameson at a ceremony on 14 August 1930.
Born, and raised in King William's Town, South Africa. His father was from Ireland. He was educated at the Jesuit St Aidans College in Grahamstown. He was awarded a bursary to the South African College, Cape Town, where he studied law with the intent of becoming a barrister.
From 1882-1900 he lived in Kimberley, where he practiced law. Coghlan was elected to the Kimberley town council in 1897.
He married Gertrude Mary Schermbrucker in Wynberg, Cape Town South Africa in 1899. They had a daughter Petal, who survived into old age
Coghlan moved to Bulawayo in 1900 to practise as a lawyer. He was elected to the Southern Rhodesian Legislative Council in 1908, representing the Western electoral district.
He became Premier (Prime Minister) in 1923. He died in office in 1927 at the age of 64 of a cerebral haemorrhage. A solemn requiem was celebrated for him in Westminster Cathedral, London. He was initially buried in the Bulawayo cemetery but, following a petition from Bulawayo Town Council, Parliament consented for him to be reburied in the Matopos Hills, alongside Cecil Rhodes and Starr Jameson at a ceremony on 14 August 1930.
Sir Charles Patrick John Coghlan KCMG, was a lawyer and politician who served as Premier (later Prime Minister) of Southern Rhodesia from 1 October 1923 to his death. He was Southern Rhodesia's first head of government after it became a self-governing colony within the British Empire.
Born, and raised in King William's Town, South Africa. His father was from Ireland. He was educated at the Jesuit St Aidans College in Grahamstown. He was awarded a bursary to the South African College, Cape Town, where he studied law with the intent of becoming a barrister.
From 1882-1900 he lived in Kimberley, where he practiced law. Coghlan was elected to the Kimberley town council in 1897.
He married Gertrude Mary Schermbrucker in Wynberg, Cape Town South Africa in 1899. They had a daughter Petal, who survived into old age
Coghlan moved to Bulawayo in 1900 to practise as a lawyer. He was elected to the Southern Rhodesian Legislative Council in 1908, representing the Western electoral district.
He became Premier (Prime Minister) in 1923. He died in office in 1927 at the age of 64 of a cerebral haemorrhage. A solemn requiem was celebrated for him in Westminster Cathedral, London. He was initially buried in the Bulawayo cemetery but, following a petition from Bulawayo Town Council, Parliament consented for him to be reburied in the Matopos Hills, alongside Cecil Rhodes and Starr Jameson at a ceremony on 14 August 1930.
Born, and raised in King William's Town, South Africa. His father was from Ireland. He was educated at the Jesuit St Aidans College in Grahamstown. He was awarded a bursary to the South African College, Cape Town, where he studied law with the intent of becoming a barrister.
From 1882-1900 he lived in Kimberley, where he practiced law. Coghlan was elected to the Kimberley town council in 1897.
He married Gertrude Mary Schermbrucker in Wynberg, Cape Town South Africa in 1899. They had a daughter Petal, who survived into old age
Coghlan moved to Bulawayo in 1900 to practise as a lawyer. He was elected to the Southern Rhodesian Legislative Council in 1908, representing the Western electoral district.
He became Premier (Prime Minister) in 1923. He died in office in 1927 at the age of 64 of a cerebral haemorrhage. A solemn requiem was celebrated for him in Westminster Cathedral, London. He was initially buried in the Bulawayo cemetery but, following a petition from Bulawayo Town Council, Parliament consented for him to be reburied in the Matopos Hills, alongside Cecil Rhodes and Starr Jameson at a ceremony on 14 August 1930.
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