Edgar Allen Christian

Edgar Allen Christian (1 January 1879 – 29 January 1960) was a politician from Pitcairn. He was the Chief Magistrate of Pitcairn Island on several occasions between 1923 and 1939. As is commonly the case with the small population of Pitcairn, he was closely related to several other island leaders, notably brother Frederick Martin Christian, cousins Gerard Bromley Robert Christian and Charles Richard Parkin Christian, and grandfather Thursday October Christian II.

Rulers of the Pitcairn Islands Leaders Fletcher Christian (1790–93) Ned Young (1793–1800) John Adams (1800–29) President Joshua Hill (1832–38) Magistrates Edward Quintal (1838–39) Arthur Quintal I (1840–41) Fletcher Christian II (1842) Matthew McCoy (1843) Thursday October Christian II (1844) Arthur Quintal II (1845–46) Charles Christian II (1847) George Adams (1848) Simon Young (1849) Arthur Quintal II (1850) Thursday October Christian II (1851) Abraham Blatchly Quintal (1852) Matthew McCoy (1853) Arthur Quintal II (1854) George Martin Frederick Young (1855–3 May 1856) (Office vacant 1856–64, due to relocation to Norfolk Island) Thursday October Christian II (1864) Moses Young (1865–66) Thursday October Christian II (1867) Robert Pitcairn Buffett (1868) Moses Young (1869) James Russell McCoy (1870–72) Thursday October Christian II (1873–74) Moses Young (1875) Thursday October Christian II (1876–77) James Russell McCoy (1878–79) Thursday October Christian II (1880) Moses Young (1881) Thursday October Christian II (1882) James Russell McCoy (1883) Benjamin Stanley Young (1884–85) James Russell McCoy (1886–89) Charles Carleton Vieder Young (1890–91) Benjamin Stanley Young (1892) Presidents of the Council James Russell McCoy (1893–96) William Alfred Young (1897) James Russell McCoy (1897–1904) William Alfred Young (1904) Magistrates James Russell McCoy (1904–06) Arthur Herbert Young (1907) William Alfred Young (1908) Matthew Edmond McCoy (1909) Gerard Bromley Robert Christian (1910–19) Charles Richard Parkin Christian (1920) Frederick Martin Christian (1921) Charles Richard Parkin Christian (1922) Edgar Allen Christian (1923–24) Charles Richard Parkin Christian (1925) Edgar Allen Christian (1926–29) Arthur Herbert Young (1930–31) Edgar Allen Christian (1932) Charles Richard Parkin Christian (1933–34) Edgar Allen Christian (1935–39) Andrew Clarence David Young (1940) Frederick Martin Christian (1941) Charles Richard Parkin Christian (1942) Frederick Martin Christian (1943) Charles Richard Parkin Christian (1944) Norris Henry Young (1945–48) Charles Richard Parkin Christian (1949) Warren Clive Christian (1950–51) John Lorenzo Christian (1952–54) Charles Richard Parkin Christian (1955–57) Warren Clive Christian (1958–60) John Lorenzo Christian (1961–66) Pervis Ferris Young (1967–75) Ivan Christian (1975–84) Brian Young (1984–91) Jay Warren (1991–99) Mayors Steve Christian (1999–2004) Brenda Christian (2004) Jay Warren (2005–07) Mike Warren (2008–13) Shawn Christian (2014–)