Charles Kelling

{{Short description|New Zealand emigration agent, farmer and community leader}}

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Carl Friederich Christian Kelling (21 June 1818 – 28 December 1898), generally known as Charles Frederick Christian Kelling, was a New Zealand emigration agent, farmer and community leader. He was born on 21 June 1818 in Klütz, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.{{DNZB|Lash|Max D.|1k6|Carl Friederich Christian Kelling|30 April 2012}} He was the older brother of Fedor Kelling. He died at Wakefield. He represented the Moutere (1862–1869) and then the Waimea West (1869–1873) electorates on the Nelson Provincial Council.{{cite book |last= Scholefield |first= Guy |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 |authorlink=Guy Scholefield |edition=3rd |orig-date= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1950 |publisher= Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |page=213}}