H. M. Martin and Son

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H. M. Martin and Son was a South Australian winemaking company based at Stonyfell in the Adelaide Hills.

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Henry Maydwell "Harry" Martin (1846–1936) was a son of Edward Montgomrey Martin (1807–1894) who, with his wife Ann (née Thornton) (1809–1901) and their family migrated to South Australia from England on the Anglia, arriving at Port Adelaide on 5 March 1851. He was educated at J. L. Young's Adelaide Educational Institution, and started work as secretary and accountant for Stonyfell Wines, which had been founded by Henry Septimus Clark (1836–1864) around 1860 and largely managed by his brother-in-law Joseph Crompton. Harry learned much of the art and science of winemaking from Henry Tyler, Crompton's cellar manager, and when, in the economic depression of 1884, the business was taken over by the Bank of Adelaide, leased then sold to quarry operator Henry Dunstan (1841 – 22 May 1915), [1] Harry was taken on as his accountant, and purchased Crompton's house "Ilfracombe" on Stonyfell Road in 1888. In 1902 Harry took on his younger son Ronald, who had recently graduated from Roseworthy Agricultural College and leased the vineyards and cellars from Dunstan, and in 1934 purchased the property from the Dunstan estate, having in 1926 set up the company H. M. Martin and Son to purchase their business and provide working capital. [2] Harry died two years later and Ronald became chairman of directors, with his cousin (Wilfred Francis) Darwin Clark (1892–1943) in charge of the cellars and vineyards. They took over the "Metala" vineyards of Langhorne Creek and W. Salter's vineyards in Angaston.

Ronald was killed in 1950 when the car in which he was a passenger overturned near Bordertown. [3] Michael Auld (grandson of Patrick Auld) became managing director, succeeded in 1962 by Ronald's son Henry Maydwell Martin II. In 1972 the company was taken over by Dalgety Australia, and by 1978 by Seagram's, at which time the winemaking part of the business at Stonyfell was wound up. [4] Since then the vineyards at Stonyfell, which covered 70 acres (28 ha), have mostly been taken over for housing.

Family

Edward Montgomrey Martin (26 January 1807 – 3 June 1894), a first cousin of James Montgomrey of Brentford, [5] married Ann Thornton (12 October 1809 – 31 July 1901) on 6 June 1835. The family travelled to South Australia on the Anglia, arriving 5 March 1851

  • Emily Rosa Martin (29 September 1875 – 27 January 1960) married Frank Robert Burden (2 July 1877 – 2 September 1960) on 26 December 1903. Their daughter Nora Burden was a stained glass artist; many of her devotional and memorial windows survive in Adelaide churches.
  • Ernest Montgomerie Martin A.M.I.E.E. (22 April 1878 – 30 April 1956) married Lorna Gledstanes Jacob (4 December 1889 – 22 May 1973) on 27 September 1913. Ernest, an electrical engineer, joined Ellis and Clark (another connection with the Clark family) in 1909, was major shareholder in H. M. Martin and Son. He and Lorna were the parents of Mary Maydwell Martin. [7]
  • Ronald Henry Martin (7 September 1880 – 27 March 1950) married Hilda Mildmay Landseer (1 June 1882 – 13 June 1974) on 20 February 1912. Ronald was killed in a car crash near Bordertown.
  • Ruth Landseer Martin (1913–1996) married Alan Cowling in 1938.
  • Katherine Landseer Martin (1916– ) married Dr. John Gardner McGlashan in 1943.
  • Henry Maydwell Martin II (1919–1988) married Elaine Blair Good in 1947.

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References

  1. ↑ "Personal". The Advertiser . Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 24 May 1915. p. 8. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "H. M. Martin and Son Ltd". The Advertiser . Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 8 January 1926. p. 15. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  3. ↑ "Two Fatalities in Car Accident". The Border Watch . Mount Gambier, SA: National Library of Australia. 28 March 1950. p. 1. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  4. ↑ Warburton, Elizabeth; Burnside (S.A.). Corporation (1981). The paddocks beneath: a history of Burnside from the beginning. Corporation of the City of Burnside. ISBN   978-0-9593876-0-5.
  5. ↑ Ronalds, B.F. (2018). "The Montgomrey Family of Brentford: Timber Merchants and Benefactors". London's Industrial Archaeology. 16: 57–69.
  6. 1 2 3 In total, four Martin children paired up with Clarks. Annie was engaged to Henry Septimus Clark (18 April 1836 – 18 February 1864), but he died on what would have been their wedding day.
  7. ↑ "Martin, Mary Maydwell (1915–1973)". Biography - Mary Maydwell Martin - Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
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