Henry Clapcott

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Henry Clapcott (28 November 1830 – 19 September 1897) was a New Zealand businessman and politician. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Early life

Clapcott was born on 28 November and baptised 22 December 1830 in Tarrant Keyneston, Dorset, England, the fourth son of George Bunter Clapcott and Eliza Bestland. [1] [5] After attending Westminster School in London, he was admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1849, graduating with a B.A. in 1853. [6] He trained for the church. [7] He travelled to Otago, New Zealand, on the Carnatic in 1853 with his brother, Frederick Bunter Clapcott. [1] [8] At first, he was farming in the Popotunoa Gorge near Clinton. [7]

Career

In the week preceding 19 July 1862, Clapcott had been appointed as a Justice of the Peace for the Otago Province. [9] On 10 December 1864 it was announced that Clapcott had become one of the trustees of the Dunedin Savings Bank along with William Mason, after the resignation of T. S. Forsaith and the leaving of the country by George Duncan. [1] [10]

Clapcott was elected to the Otago Provincial Council on 14 April 1864 in the Wakatipu electorate. [11] A month later on 17 May, he joined the Otago Executive Council as their treasurer, and remained in that role until 18 April 1865 [12] when the executive led by James Paterson resigned over a lost no-confidence vote. [13] He originally had his name forward as a candidate at the April 1865 Bruce parliamentary by-election, but supporters of him withdrew his nomination three days before the election. [2] [3] [4] [14] Clapcott was briefly a candidate for the August 1865 Otago superintendency election, but retired prior to the election in favour of Thomas Dick, who was eventually the successful candidate. Clapcott resigned from the provincial council on 16 August 1865; [11] it was rumoured that this was brought about by a mixture of personal affairs, and the mocking he received while standing for the role as superintendent. [15] He afterwards withdrew from public life. [13]

Family

Clapcott married Mary Jane Power in 1858. She gave birth to a son on 27 October 1859, [16] but she died a week later on 4 November [17] and on 13 November, the baby died, too. [18]

On 18 January 1862, he married Annie Harriet Bedborough at Dunedin. [19] In July 1874, they lost a son aged 17 months. [20] They had a daughter on 21 August 1875. [21] Clapcott died, aged 67, on 19 September 1897 in Newington, Dunedin, which is today part of the suburb of Maori Hill. [22] His wife died five weeks later of Bright's disease. [23] The family members share a grave at the Dunedin Southern Cemetery. [24] [25] [26] [27]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Scholefield, Guy (1940). Dictionary of New Zealand Biography A–L (PDF). Wellington: Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. p. 157. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Bruce Election". Bruce Herald. Vol. II, no. 53. 13 April 1865. Retrieved 25 February 2017– via Papers Past.
  3. 1 2 "Bruce Election". Otago Witness . No. 698. 15 April 1865. p. 11. Retrieved 25 February 2017– via Papers Past.
  4. 1 2 "Bruce Election". Otago Daily Times . No. 1035. 14 April 1865. p. 6. Retrieved 25 February 2017– via Papers Past.
  5. ↑ "Dorset, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906", FamilySearch database,GS Film number 1239250, Reference ID item 14 p 22
  6. ↑ "Clapcott, Henry". ACAD (Venn's Alumni Cantabrigienses online). Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  7. 1 2 "Social and General". Otago Daily Times . No. 10919. 28 September 1897. p. 2. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "Shipping News". Otago Witness . No. 135. 17 December 1853. Retrieved 25 February 2017– via Papers Past.
  9. ↑ "News of the Week". Otago Witness . No. 555. 19 July 1862. p. 5. Retrieved 4 April 2017– via Papers Past.
  10. ↑ "News of the Week". Otago Witness . No. 680. 10 December 1864. Retrieved 25 February 2017– via Papers Past.
  11. 1 2 Scholefield 1950, p. 220.
  12. ↑ Scholefield 1950, p. 217.
  13. 1 2 "The Late Henry Clapcott". Evening Star . No. 10425. 21 September 1897. p. 2. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  14. ↑ "The Otago Daily Times". No. 1027. 5 April 1865. p. 4. Retrieved 25 February 2017– via Papers Past.
  15. ↑ "Dunedin". North Otago Times. Vol. IV, no. 79. 24 August 1865. p. 3. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  16. ↑ "Birth". Otago Witness . No. 413. 29 October 1859. p. 3. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  17. ↑ "Died". Otago Witness . No. 414. 5 November 1859. p. 6. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  18. ↑ "Died". Otago Witness . No. 416. 19 November 1859. p. 5. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  19. ↑ "Marriage". Otago Witness . No. 610. 25 January 1862. p. 5. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  20. ↑ "Deaths". Otago Daily Times . No. 3864. 6 July 1874. p. 2. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  21. ↑ "Birth". The Evening Post . Vol. XII, no. 47. 24 August 1875. p. 2. Retrieved 27 February 2017– via Papers Past.
  22. ↑ "Births, Marriages, and Deaths". Otago Daily Times . No. 10919. 28 September 1897. p. 7. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  23. ↑ "Personal". Evening Star . No. 10454. 26 October 1897. p. 2. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  24. ↑ "Cemetery Details". Dunedin City Council . Retrieved 26 February 2017.[ permanent dead link ]
  25. ↑ "Cemetery Details". Dunedin City Council . Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  26. ↑ "Cemetery Details". Dunedin City Council . Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  27. ↑ "Cemetery Details". Dunedin City Council . Retrieved 26 February 2017.

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