R. C. Flockart

Robert Colquhoun Flockart (17 January 1820 – 29 January 1898) was a Wesleyan Methodist minister in colonial South Australia and Victoria; ranked Major Rev. Flockart, he was the first Methodist Chaplain-General of Australia.

History Flockart was born in Glasgow, Scotland, the son of John Flockhart and Isabel Flockart, née Sinclair. and a few others who, in 1844, constituted the first meeting of the Y.M.C.A. and proceeded to South Australia, where the only Methodist ministers were D. J. Draper, R. C. Symons and W. Lowe (died 1891). Flockart spent 19 years in South Australia: Adelaide, Burra Burra (Kooringa), Kapunda, Mt Barker, Willunga, Gawler, and Brompton. He retired in 1891 at the age of 71 years.

He died at his home, "Clydeville", Seymour Avenue, Malvern, although many references have Armadale, the location of his last parish.

Albert T. Holden (died 1935) succeeded Flockart as Wesleyan military chaplain in Victoria.

Family In 1849 Flockart married Ann Elizabeth "Annie" Munday (21 August 1821 – 18 August 1917), daughter of Isaac Munday, baker. Joseph Frederick Flockart (10 December 1855 – ) founded the Victorian branch of the Commercial Travellers Association Rev. David Jonathan Flockart (1858– ) of Wangaratta Samuel Chalmers Flockart ( – ) of Clifton Hill