Elizabeth Rundle Charles

John Rundle (1791 – January 1864) was a British Whig politician and businessman. From 1835 to 1843, he was a member of parliament, representing Tavistock in the House of Commons. He was one of the original directors and financiers of the South Australia Company, the company that was formed in London in 1834 to promote the settlement of the colony that was to become South Australia. He was an original director of the South Australian Banking Company and the first chairman of the South Australian School Society whilst living in England. Rundle never visited South Australia.