Petre, Henry William, 1820-1889

Date: [1990-2000]

From: Starke, June, 1923-2006 : Research papers

Reference: 2001-060-09

Description: Starke's draft beginning of a biographical chapter on Mary Ann Eleanor Petre and the Petre family to accompany her proposed edition of Petre's diary Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1907 (1948)

By: Colley, Lucy Anges, 1851?-1923

Reference: MS-0593

Description: Title continues:`...written by their eldest daughter, Mrs Philip Wellesley Colley (Lucy Petre)'. With notes on their children and grand-children from authentic sources and family papers; preface by JBP. Printed privately (1907). Comprises extracts from the book, typed in the Alexander Turnbull Library (Dec 1948). Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s) (viii, 58 pages). 0.20 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (27 cm; blue cloth)

Date: 1836

By: Hopper, Edward Betts, 1799?-1840

Reference: MS-Papers-0392

Description: Includes accounts for various goods brought to New Zealand on the `Oriental' in 1840 Petre, Hopper & Molesworth entered into business at the Hutt where they erected a flourmill and farmed Quantity: 1 folder(s) (9 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres.

Date: 3 Dec 1840

By: Molesworth, Francis Alexander, 1818-1846

Reference: MS-Papers-0457

Description: Letter to J Coverdale concerning land allocations in the Hutt, death of Mr Hopper, and imminent return of Mr Petre to England Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)

Date: 1869

Reference: Eph-C-STATE-1869-01

Description: Seating plan for a dinner in honour of Frederick Weld, likely to be that which took place in Sydney before Weld's departure to West Australia. Shows names of 130 guests around a horseshoe shaped table with another long straight table within its curve. Dignitaries included Earl Granville, Frederick Weld, Earl Denbigh, Bishop of Ely, Viscount Monck, Lord Lyttelton, Sir George Grey, Sir Charles Clifford, Major Atkinson, E Pharazyn, Lord Arundel [Arundell] of Wardour, Lord Clifford of Chudleigh, Honble H W Petre and many others. Other Titles - Esquire Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on sheet 280 x 228 mm. Provenance: Mr Hurrell is descended from an employee in the Grey household.

Date: 11 May-16 Jun 1847

By: Gisborne, William, 1825-1898

Reference: qMS-0844

Description: Gisborne and Petre went by sea to Coromandel and then by land, first up to Thames and travelling up the river, passing through pa, including Opita, then to Matamata, Tauranga, Rotorua, Lake Tarawera and Lake Rotomahana. They returned to Auckland by way of the Waikato River, passing through Maungatautari and Waipa. The journal includes interesting descriptions of Maori life and Gisborne meet the Revs Brown, Spencer, Chapman and Ashville [sic] and various prominent Maori. Variations in title - Binder's title: Gisborne journal The journal is loose in a cover with a typescript and index in an envelope at the back Quantity: 1 volume(s) (38 pages, 30 leaves)). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph and typescript (32 cm, blue linen)

Date: 1840-1855

Reference: MSI-Papers-3744

Description: Comprises photocopies of land deeds and powers of attorney by Henry William Francis Petre and William Bernard Petre to others for the management of their lands at Wellington and Nelson together with biographical information on the family Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (7 items). Physical Description: Ms and printed matter (negative photocopies), varying sizes

Date: 1850 - 1987

By: Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust; Fletcher Challenge Ltd; Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869

Reference: C-112-040-a

Description: Shows Woburn Farm homestead amidst bush. In foreground are tree-stumps and a felled tree, on land separated from the homestead grounds by a white fence. Accompanied by text sheet of information, by Marian Minson. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - bottom right - Edition limited to 3000 copies.; Recto - bottom left - This facsimile reproduction of an original watercolour in the Fletcher Challenge Collection, Auckland, was issued by the Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust in association with Fletcher Challenge Ltd, 1987. This work has been attributed in the past to Samuel Charles Brees, probably wrongly. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, 265 x 390 mm, on sheet 400 x 600 mm. Provenance: Deposited under copyright.

Date: 1850 - 1987

By: Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust; Fletcher Challenge Ltd; Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869

Reference: C-112-040-b

Description: Shows Woburn Farm homestead amidst bush. In foreground are tree-stumps and a felled tree, on land separated from the homestead grounds by a white fence. Accompanied by text sheet of information, by Marian Minson. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - bottom right - Edition limited to 3000 copies.; Recto - bottom left - This facsimile reproduction of an original watercolour in the Fletcher Challenge Collection, Auckland, was issued by the Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust in association with Fletcher Challenge Ltd, 1987. This work has been attributed in the past to Samuel Charles Brees, probably wrongly. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, 265 x 390 mm, on sheet 400 x 600 mm. Provenance: Deposited under copyright.

Date: 1863

From: Crawford, James Coutts, 1817-1889 :Wairarapa and Wellington sketchbook 1863

Reference: E-171-038

Description: A view up the Hutt River with dense bush on both sides Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and ink, 130 x 215 mm Provenance: Estate of Russell Smith, Masterton.

Date: 1842 - 1847

From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London, John Williams and Co., Library of Arts, 141, Strand, 1847.

Reference: B-049-041/043

Description: Shows views in the Hutt Valley and Wellington. At the top, a view in Petone with Moreings Creek, a bridge and two horsemen in the foreground, houses in the distance. In the centre, a large cabbage tree leaning out over the Hutt River, with two Maori men standing on the bank, waving to the occupants of two canoes in the water. Francis Molesworth's farm is in the background. At the bottom, a view looking east along the waterfront at Te Aro, with the Exchange Building (with a false classical front) and Ridgway and Guyton's jetty, a boat hauled up in front of the building and other buildings along the waterfront in the distance. Hoggard and Simmond's windmill can be seen in the distance at the foot of Mount Victoria Other Titles - Petone Other Titles - Moreings Creek Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on sheet 365 x 261 mm.

Date: 1843-1895

By: Petre family

Reference: MS-Group-2380

Description: Comprise five legal documents and contracts relating to the Petre family, a branch of which settled in New Zealand. They include a marriage contract, land instruments relating to the Petre family estates in Essex, William Bernard Petre's will and codicil, and papers from the Principal Registry of the British High Court of Justice relating to the personal estate of William Joseph Baron Petre. All documents apart from the will have been registered with the High Court of New Zealand. Source of title - Supplied by Library Relationship complexity - Further papers dealing with the Petre family's genealogy and land holdings in England may be found at MSI-Papers-3744 and with the papers of June Starke at MS-Group-0978. Henry William Petre was the younger son of William Baron Petre, chairman of the New Zealand Company and the younger brother of William Bernard Petre. By his first marriage in 1842 to Mary Ann Eleanore Walmsley he had seven sons and nine daughters and it is from this issue that the Petre family in New Zealand descend. Quantity: 5 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss Provenance: Dr John Bradbury, a Wellington General Practitioner, settled with his family in Perth, Western Australia. His son, Michael, a collector of historic items, passed them to the donor. Where he obtained them is unknown, but they may have been from a former solicitor's office.

Date: 1881

By: Briscoe, Edward Villiers, 1824?-1899; Hall, Lance, 1899-1985; War Memorial Library (Lower Hutt, N.Z.)

Reference: MapColl-832.4794gbbd/1881/Acc.10470

Description: Cadastral map, with acreage and survey measurements, of sections 24 and 28, Hutt District, Wellington, bounded by sections 25, 29 and 31. Section 24 is shown to be owned by Fitzherbert and section 28 by Richard Barton. Shows the Hutt River's path as at 1881, the main roads, shingle beds, Waiwhetu Road, the town settlement of the eastern side of the river including the Mechanic's Institute, post office, family hotel, Whitewood Hotel, the new bridge's toll house, the new bridge, as well as the Railway Hotel and school house south of the bridge. Several properties, showing acreage and owners name are shown, including Mary Roy, Sir Francis D Bell and Henry S Harrison, T Burt, HW Petre, B Buck, W Bishopp (sic), G Hill, JL Phillip, J Dodd, W & J Hall. Stamped indexed. Written on map: 42/49. Registered DP 24 - 67. Written on map: See also plan 41/25, 41/6, 41/8, 42/32 DP 89 180/35, 180/23, 323 41/14. Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photographic copy, linen backed, 44.5 x 60.4 cm. Provenance: From the Lance Hall Collection.

Date: 25 Apr-15 May 1843 (1979)

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: MS-Papers-5799

Description: Fox describes a journey he made with Clifford, Vavasour and Whitehead from Wellington to the Wairarapa beginning 25 April 1843. He recorded the arrangement of the expedition, members accompanying the party, provisions, people met, the territory they passed through, activities en route including hunting pigs and fishing and the state, in particular, of the rivers. Accompanying material - Letter from donor/transcriber re transcription Quantity: 1 folder(s) (13 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typed transcript (photocopy)

Date: 11 May-16 Jun 1847

By: Gisborne, William, 1825-1898

Reference: MS-Papers-1953

Description: Includes interesting descriptions of the Maori way of life Quantity: 1 folder(s) (24 leaves; 2 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

Date: 1843-1892

By: Ward, Joseph, 1817-1892

Reference: MS-Papers-0110

Description: The major part of the papers consists of Ward's accounts for the period. Correspondence relates chiefly to Ward's surveys of land purchased in Nelson by Charles Clifford and Henry Petre; there are some references to the establishment of the Catholic Church in Nelson, and the difficulty of providing priests for the outbacks. Surveyor, runholder and politician Quantity: 17 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available. Transfers: To Cartographic Collection - Survey of Waikawa reserve (Folder 15).

Date: 19 Mar 1870

By: Petre, Henry William, 1820-1889

Reference: MSI-Papers-3756

Description: Deed reconveying 44 acres, part of Country Section 21, Lower Hutt district, to Daniel Riddiford of Orongorongo. Brandon and Quick, solicitors. Also contains schedule transferring Petre's power of attorney to W H Levin, C J Pharazyn and W W Johnson Accompanying material - Accompanied by typed transcript Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 leaves). Physical Description: Negative photocopy

Date: 1862-1870, 1870-1910

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2654

Description: DDCV consists of a general release for Frederick John Easther to Messrs Sprent and Todd 1890. Papers from the Maxwell-Constable of Everingham Deposit (DDEV), consisting of correspondence between Marmaduke Constable Maxwell of Terregles and his nephews, Robert, Wilfred and Edward Constable Maxwell on their emigration to Canterbury. Describes life at Stoneyhurst and other stations; includes letters from Frederick Weld and Sir Charles Clifford. Nigel Forbes Adam, Eserick Deposit (DDFA); selected papers of Lord Wenlock who accompanied the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall to New Zealand on the Ophir in 1901; also correspondence from Lady Wenlock 1871-1910. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

Date: 1854-1906

From: Levin & Company Ltd : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1347-3/2/95

Description: Legal documents relating to James Cruickshank, 1855; J D Cruickshank (son), 1884-1903; A Cruickshank, 1885; Andrew and John Finnis, Hutt, 1854-1855; G Kilsby, 1877; memo re Section 31, the Hutt, let to Swainson; Mrs Annie Elizabeth Roskruge, Picton, 1898-1906; inventory of the estate and effects of William Joseph Baron Petre, 1895. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1853-1859, 1889

From: Levin & Company Ltd : Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1347-3/2/93

Description: Unbound notebook outlining the intended disposition of his land and affairs prior to his departure for New Zealand. Specific detail on state and occupancy of sections, farm, sawmill, employees, etc, ca 1860. Also lease. E Puni & Ngapaki to Petre, 1853; Mortgage - Daniel Riddiford to Petre, 1855; Agreement - Nathaniel Levin & Petre, 1855; Lease - Hemi Parae & Tahana Niwa [sic] to Petre, 1857; Lease - Hemi Parae & Epiha Te Hangi to Petre, 1859; Lease (draft only) - Hemi Parae & Manihera Te Toru Ngapaki to Petre, 1862; Crown Grant, 1889; Receipt for deposit of Crown Grant. Sec 124, the Hutt, 1853 (1903). Quantity: 1 folder(s).