Frederick Orton Hamilton (27 December 1873 – 25 July 1945) was a Nelson, New Zealand wool, grain, and produce and general merchant who led the development of his region's horticulture.
Nelson is a city on the eastern shores of Tasman Bay. Nelson is the oldest city in the South Island and the second-oldest settled city in New Zealand – it was established in 1841 and was proclaimed a city by royal charter in 1858.
He was born in Greymouth, West Coast, New Zealand on 27 December 1873 second son, by his first wife Sarah Jane Orton, of the fourteen children of Francis Hamilton, then a hardware merchant and later a mayor of Greymouth. [1]
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The Mayor of Grey, often referred to as the Mayor of Greymouth, officiates over the Grey District of New Zealand which is administered by the Grey District Council with its seat in Greymouth. The current Mayor is Tony Kokshoorn. Two predecessors to this office were the Mayor of Greymouth, officiating over the Greymouth Borough Council from 1868, and from 1877 the chairman of the Grey County Council.
Frederick married Isabelle Porter, second daughter of Colonel T W Porter and Herewaka Porourani Potae who was to inherit the high rank of Ariki Tapirau in Te Whanau-a-Apanui. Frederick and Isabelle were leading personalities in Nelson. She died in 1936, he died in 1945. They were survived by four daughters and two sons. [1]
An ariki, ‘ariki, aliki, ali‘i, ari'i, aiki or hakaiki, akariki or ‘eiki (Tonga) is or was a member of a hereditary chiefly or noble rank in Polynesia.
Francis Hamilton bought E Buxton & Co, general merchants in 1881 and greatly expanded the business so that it handled a large wholesale and retail trade in agricultural, mining, building and household equipment and groceries. As a stock and station agency it handled wool hops and barley, purchased directly from farmers. The barley was malted and supplied to local breweries. [2]
After the business was restructured in 1936 it was renamed Buxton's. In 1963 it was sold to Wright Stephenson & Co.
Wright Stephenson was a stock and station agency founded in Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1861 that by 1972, just before merging with NMA, it had developed 27 stock and station branches throughout New Zealand with more than 100 further sub-branches and agencies to service farming areas throughout the country. As well, by the time of its centenary in 1961, the company had established managerial offices in Melbourne and London, 15 sub-branches in Australia, and 4 sub-branches in Britain.
Frederick Hamilton entered the firm ten years after his father had purchased it. After three years he went to work for the hardware business of Briscoe, MacNeil & Co as a representative covering the East Coast of the North Island. Appointed a director of Buxton's when his father died in 1901 Frederick developed broader interests for the firm now run with his brothers. [1]
When apples began to be grown for export Frederick offered growers financial help. He also successfully lobbied the government to offer apple exporters a guaranteed price and help with marketing arrangements in London. [1]
A district hop growers association was founded in 1918. Hamilton offered them his full co-operation and his enthusiasm and encouragement in the development of hop marketing led to his being appointed their managing agent. [1]
Gerhard Husheer of the New Zealand Tobacco Company was persuaded by Hamilton to choose Nelson for tobacco-growing following a visit to the district in 1914. Again Hamilton offered supervision of the culture of the crop and offered growers financial help. [1]
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