disabled and handicapped and other worthy causes. In the 1976 Queen's Birthday Honours, Todd was appointed a Knight Bachelor, for services to commerce and the community. Family and death Todd was married to Helen Ann Rollo Buddo, cousin and adopted daughter of David Buddo, a rich Canterbury run-holder. Buddo, whose station was at Fernside, Rangiora, was one of Canterbury's best-known farmer-politicians of the Liberal era. Todd died on 29 May 1987. In 1994, he was posthumously inducted into the New Zealand Business Hall of Fame. References Bibliography External links Biography of Charles Todd (1868-1942) 1902 births 1987 deaths New Zealand people of Irish descent New Zealand people of Scottish descent People educated at Trinity Catholic College, Dunedin New Zealand Roman Catholics 20th-century New Zealand businesspeople New Zealand Knights Bachelor People from Heriot, New Zealand People educated at Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview Bryan Businesspeople awarded knighthoods Todd Corporation Wellington City Councillors