Charles Fell

Charles Yates Fell (5 August 1844 – 9 June 1918) was a New Zealand barrister, politician, watercolour artist, and photographer. Early life and family Fell was born in Nelson in 1844. He was the son of Alfred Fell, merchant and early settler, brother of the English politician Arthur Fell and grandson of Henry Seymour, after whom Seymour Square in Blenheim is named. Fell took lessons with the Rev Meyrick Lully and later with Archdeacon Paul of Nelson. In 1859, both he and his parents returned to England, where he attended King's College School, London. From there he went to St John's College, Oxford, from 1863 to 1867, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts. He married Edith Louisa Bainbridge at Putney, London, in 1869. Legal practice Fell was admitted to bar and joined the Home Circuit, entered Lincoln's Inn, and thence Inner Temple. After a short time practising in England he returned to New Zealand in 1870.