James Frederick Stuart-Wortley JP was a politician in New Zealand and the UK. He was New Zealand's inaugural Baby of the House and remains the youngest member of parliament in the country's history;in fact he was too young to even be legally elected.
The Diocese of Christchurch is one of the thirteen dioceses and hui amorangi of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa,New Zealand and Polynesia. The Diocese covers the area between the Conway River and the Waitaki River in the South Island of New Zealand.
Purau is a small town in Canterbury,New Zealand,facing Lyttelton Harbour.
Edward Cephas John Stevens was a New Zealand politician in provincial government in Canterbury,and a member of both the lower and upper houses of parliament. A businessman,he controlled the Christchurch Press for many decades. He was instrumental in introducing cricket to Canterbury and one of his dealings as a land and estate agent resulted in the creation of Lancaster Park.
Crosbie Ward was a 19th-century member of parliament in New Zealand.
Isaac Thomas Cookson (1817–1870) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in Canterbury,New Zealand. He was a prominent merchant in early Canterbury.
Alfred Richard Creyke JP was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in Canterbury,New Zealand. He was a significant landholder in Canterbury. Of English descent,he spent just over ten years in the colony before returning home.
John Charles Watts-Russell JP was a 19th-century New Zealand politician,a member of the Canterbury Provincial Council and a member of the Legislative Council. He was supposedly the wealthiest of the early settlers,and his homestead became the centre of entertainment in Christchurch. He was a significant runholder and,together with a business partner,was responsible for building up the Canterbury sheep stock.
Alfred Cox was a 19th-century runholder and Member of the New Zealand House of Representatives. Born in New South Wales into an upper middle class military family,he was sent home to England to learn about farming. Upon returning to New South Wales,he heard about the large profits that were possible in South Canterbury and bought licenses for land that he had not seen. He stocked the land,put a manager in charge and made another trip to England with his wife and their,at that time,small family. He moved to New Zealand permanently in 1857 and lived on his large farm,Raukapuka,which stretched from the sea to the foothills,and of which the homestead was located in present-day Geraldine. He sold his South Canterbury interests and moved to the Waikato,where he bought large land holdings in Hamilton and Thames. He tried to drain his swamp land and lost a lot of money with those ventures. He sold up in 1882 and moved to Christchurch,where he retired.
John Karslake Karslake was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in the Canterbury region of New Zealand.
John Barton Arundel Acland,often referred to as J. B. A. Acland,was born in Devon,England,as the youngest child of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland,10th Baronet. He followed his father's path of education and became a barrister in London. With his colleague and friend Charles George Tripp,he formed the plan to emigrate to Canterbury,New Zealand,to take up sheep farming. They were the first to take up land in the Canterbury high country for this purpose. When they divided their land into separate holdings,Acland kept the 100,000 acres (400 km2) that made up the Mount Peel station.
Charles George Tripp was a pioneering sheep farmer in South Canterbury,New Zealand. Together with his friend and business partner John Acland,he was the first to use the Canterbury high country for sheep farming.
Allan McLean was a New Zealand runholder and philanthropist. Moving from Scotland to Australia as a child,and to New Zealand as an adult,he rose from a working class shepherd,to sheep rancher and a rich land holder. In his seventies,McLean built 'Holly Lea' in Christchurch,which was renamed McLean's Mansion. After his death,the building served as the McLean Institute through an act of parliament.
Charlotte Godley was a New Zealand letter-writer and community leader.
John McLean was a runholder,first in Australia and then in New Zealand. From a poor background in Scotland,he and his brother Allan had the largest number of sheep in New Zealand. John McLean was also a politician,and he served on the Otago Provincial Council and the New Zealand Legislative Council.
Richard James Strachan Harman was trained as a civil engineer. However,in Christchurch,New Zealand,he worked as a bureaucrat,politician and businessman. He was one of the Canterbury Pilgrims,having arrived in Lyttelton,on Sir George Seymour,one of the First Four Ships. He was a business partner of Edward Cephas John Stevens and senior partner of Harman and Stevens,and together they took financial control of the Christchurch newspaper The Press from its original proprietor,James FitzGerald,over a protracted period. Harman held many important roles with the Canterbury Provincial Council and was the last Deputy-Superintendent.
Sir Walter Kennaway was a provincial politician and farmer and run-holder in Canterbury,New Zealand before he retired to England to become secretary to the Agent-General for New Zealand in London for 35 years,from 1874 to 1909.
Courtenay is a settlement in inland Canterbury,New Zealand. It was once important as a place where the Waimakariri River could be forded and was a coach stop on the way to the West Coast. Its decline began when the Midland Line was routed via the nearby Kirwee.
Robert William England was a prominent architect from Christchurch,New Zealand.
Marmaduke Dixon was an early settler in North Canterbury,New Zealand. He went to sea early in his life before he settled on the north bank of the Waimakariri River. An innovative farmer,he chaired a number of road boards and was a member of the Canterbury Provincial Council.
