Came to New Zealand in the ship 'London' in 1840. He had a section in Ghuznee Street, Wellington, and a farm 'Newry' at Waiwhetu, which began grinding corn in 1845. Known for sheep breeding and wools; and for gardening. He imported plants, and helped secure for Wellington the Botanical Gardens, which he endowed with plants from his property. Buried at Bolton Street Cemetery, Wellington.
Ludlam, Alfred, 1810-1877
Papers relating to Alfred Ludlam
Date: 1845-1848
From: Bell family: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-5210-039
Description: Contains various accounts and receipts, correspondence, and 1846 propperty deed, and a commission appointing Ludlam a justice of the peace. The correspondence comprises two letters about financial and land transactions from William Wakefield. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Provenance: These papers were in a envelope on which was written `Some old papers of 1846-1848 found among Mr Ludlam's papers (Ludlam formerly member of the House)'.
[Medley, Mary Catherine], 1835-1922 :Belleview Gardens. Oct 28th 1908.
Date: 1908
From: [Medley, Mary Catherine] 1835-1922 :Sketches
Reference: E-346-3-053
Description: Mature nikau palms and a large tree-fern in a formal garden setting. Belleview Gardens, also known as Ludlam's Gardens were in central Lower Hutt and were established by Mr Ludlam. Although they no longer exist, the mature nikaus that formed part of them have been retained and can still be seen around the Woburn area Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 163 x 224 mm
Swainson, William 1789-1855 :True Devon cow, Ludlam's (River Hutt, N. Zeald.). 14 June ...
Date: 1847
By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Anson family
Reference: A-188-055
Description: Right profile view of cow standing in front of haystack, on Alfred Ludlam's farm, Lower Hutt; identified by artist as being the Devon breed. Title from pencil inscription at bottom of image. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - W Swainson / 14 June 1847; Recto - beneath image - True Devon Cow / Ludlams. (River Hutt NZeald) Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper, 200 x 153 mm, on card 308 x 240 mm. Provenance: Anson Family collection.
[Brees, Samuel Charles] 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. By S. C. Bre...
Date: 1845 - 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-049-001/002
Description: Brees with his theodolite and sketchbook, his dog and several other surveyors in a camp in a clearing in Porirua Bush. Brees is sketching a Maori family. Below the main image is a vignette of the Hutt River, with Molesworth's farm and windmill. Molesworth and Ludlam's windmill was not built until 1845, Brees' last year in Wellington, giving a date to the lower view The windmill in shown in 'Mr Molesworth's farm at the Hutt' was not built until 1845, in partnership with Ludlam Extended Title - From: Brees, S. C. Pictorial illustrations of New Zealand. London, John Williams, 1847. Title plate, plate 1 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on sheet 365 x 261
Pearse, John, 1808-1882 :Sketch of the Hutt with mountains in distance (Mangaroa Remuta...
Date: 1852 - 1856
From: Pearse, John, 1808-1882: [Album. 1851-1856]
Reference: E-455-f-064-2
Description: Looking north up the Hutt Valley with snow marked on the Rimutaka Range in the background. Cleared forest, with tree stumps, three houses and a windmill are in the foreground The mill may be that of Molesworth and Ludlam, built 1845 Dating: the date March 1853 is suggested because two drawings of the Hutt on the following page (E-455-f-065-1 and E-455-f-065-2) are dated March 1853. They are both pencil and on identical buff-coloured paper Other Titles - Rimutaka Inscriptions: Album page - bottom centre - Title in ink; also title in pencil on reverse of the drawing Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and Chinese white on buff paper, 181 x 245 mm
Ludlam, Alfred d 1877 : Fragment of letter
Date: 2 Mar 1869
By: Ludlam, Alfred, 1810-1877
Reference: MS-Papers-0364
Description: Fragment of a letter from A Ludlam, Major Commander Hutt District, to Captain Braithwaite, from the Militia Office, Hutt, 2 Mar 1869 Alfred Ludlam was a Speaker in the Provincial Council, and also represented the Hutt for many years in the General Assembly Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 page). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph
[Brees, Samuel Charles] 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. By S. C. Bre...
Date: 1845 - 1847
By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Hutchison, Alan James Hanna, 1905-2000
Reference: A-259-038
Description: Brees with his theodolite and sketchbook, his dog and several other surveyors in a camp in a clearing in Porirua Bush. Brees is sketching a Maori family. Below the main image is a vignette of the Hutt River, with Molesworth's farm and windmill. Molesworth and Ludlam's windmill was not built until 1845, Brees' last year in Wellington, giving a date to the lower view. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings on sheet, 365 x 261 mm.
Letter from A. Ludlam to T. Woolcombe
Date: 14 February 1848 - [ca 1990s s- 2020s]
From: Frankcom, Margaret, active 1991-2023: Collection of New Zealand missionary and pioneer mail
By: Ludlam, Alfred, 1810-1877
Reference: MS-Papers-12917-6-6
Description: Lot description from Spink Auction House: "1848 (14 Feb.) part letter from A. Ludlam in Wellington to T. Woolcombe in Devonport. [...] Carried on the Woodstock. S.G". Refers to the authors satisfaction with Governor Grey, and the wool shipping on the vessel carrying the letter. Item includes transcription. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Delivered to Library in a Spinks Auction House folder labelled with lot number "2114". Quantity: 1 folder(s) contains letter, and supporting research documentation.
Account - A Ludlam
Date: 1846
From: Crawford family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-1001-110
Duppa, George, 1817-1888 :Daylight, the property of A. Ludlam Esq. A portrait of the wi...
Date: [ca 1860]
From: [Duppa, George 1817-1888] :[Sketchbook ca 1852-1860]
Reference: E-080-q-3-023
Description: A side view of an elderly sick horse (supposedly a race winner), a plough, two houses, the profile of a lawyer in a wig. There are also inscriptions and several practice signatures the latter probably the work of George Duppa's nephew Bryan Bryan Duppa visited his uncle at St Leonard's Station, Amuri, in early 1863. Allington, Waimea East, was the name of George Duppa's earlier station, established in 1843 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 183 x 270 mm
Land deeds
Date: 1860, 1863, 1870, 1875
From: Land deeds, land grants and bonds
Reference: MS-Papers-0156-03
Description: Deed of land in the Hutt Valley between George Augustus Selwyn and Charles John Abraham, Richard Barton and Alfred Ludlum, 1860; Deed of land in the parish of Wairoa, Auckland between William Johnstoune and Thomas Aitken, 1863; Deed of land in Wellington between Edward Jerningham Wakefield and Thomas Foreman, 1863; Deed of land in the Hutt between Edward Jerningham Wakefield and Joseph Fry, 1870; Deed of land in Palmerston North between William Fitchett and Ashton Fitchett, 1875 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (5 pieces).
Memorials - Surnames Lox-McDon
From: Alington, Margaret Hilda, 1920-2012 : Bolton Street Cemetery transcripts, notes and papers / compiled by Margaret Alington and others
Reference: MS-Papers-2260-048
Ludlam, A :Sketch of shade to shelter tender plants from frosts. A Ludlam del. Dunedin,...
By: Fergusson and Mitchell (Firm); Ludlam, Alfred, 1810-1877
Reference: A-247-009
Description: A small structure built from bamboo or latticed wood, over a tender plant Printed on pink paper Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph 115 x 205 mm Transfers: Transferred from MS Papers 254 Harper/Taylor collection.
Nathaniel Levin - Correspondence
Date: 11 Dec 1869
From: Levin & Company Ltd : Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1347-2/1/2
Description: Includes `Instructions for WM H Levin, Alfred de Bathe Brandon and Alfred Ludlam for the management of my affairs in New Zealand'; Accounts from Brandon, together with plaintiff's costs in Levin v Beaumont, 1869 Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Land deeds
Date: 1858, 1860
From: Land deeds, land grants and bonds
Reference: MS-Papers-0156-02
Description: Deed of land in Wanganui between Edward Jerningham Wakefield and Thomas Waters, 1858; Deed of land in Wanganui between Edward Jerningham Wakefield and Peter McWilliam, 1858; Deed of land in Hutt Valley between George Augustus Selwyn and Charles John Abraham, Richard Barton and Alfred Ludlam, 1860 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (3 pieces).
Programme of sports, Wellington, New Zealand, January 22, 1845. Anniversary fete; ... s...
Date: 1845
From: [Ephemera relating to sport, sporting events, combined sports. 1800s - 1929]
Reference: Eph-A-SPORT-1845-01
Description: A flyer listing the events at a sports day for Wellington Anniversary Day, 22 January 1845: Anniversary fete (listing committee members Barnes, Jenkins, Watt, Sea, Bannaytine, Hickson, Ludlam, Rhodes, Wade, R Baker, Mathieson, Sutton, Petre, G Young, Clifford, G Moore, R Davis, Alzdorf, Couper, Suistead, Fuller, A Hort, Dorset) Sailing match by boats under 30 feet keel - boats belonging to Mr Houghton, Mr Foster, Mr Watt Whaleboat race Hurdle race: requiring a minimum of three horses: owners included Mr Hunter, Colonel Wakefield, Mr Ludlam, Mr Suistead Hack race - including horses entered by Mr G Taylor, Mr Sutton, Mr Bannister, Mr Wade, Mr Revan, Mr Dorset, Mr Rhodes Rural sports: jumping in sacks, donkey race, etc. On the following days, further events were to be held: races for beaten horses, and Mr Jenkins' foot race There are two block print illustrations: at top left two horses competing in a galloping race; a sailing ship Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on sheet 250 x 185 mm.
Inward letters - Surnames, Lud - Lyo
Date: 1853-1873, nd
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0398
Description: Correspondents: A Ludlam, Hutt & Sydney, 1869 & 1872 (2 letters); J P Luce, Sydney, 1867 (1 letter); John Lundon, Onehunga, 1873 (1 letter); Elizabeth Lupton, Isle of Man, 1853-1861 (3 letters). R B Lusk, Auckland, 1860 & 1862 (2 letters); F G Luttie [?], Government House, undated letter; George Lyndon, Napier, 1863 (1 letter); William Lyon, 1858, 1871 & undated (3 letters). Quantity: 1 folder(s).
[Brees, Samuel Charles] 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. By S. C. Bre...
Date: 1845 - 1847
From: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810-1865 :Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London, John Williams and Co., Library of Arts, 141, Strand, 1847.
Reference: PUBL-0020-01
Description: Brees with his theodolite and sketchbook, his dog and several other surveyors in a camp in a clearing in Porirua Bush. Brees is sketching a Maori family. Below the main image is a vignette of the Hutt River, with Molesworth's farm and windmill. Molesworth and Ludlam's windmill was not built until 1845, Brees' last year in Wellington, giving a date to the lower view Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured engravings on sheet 365 x 261
Grave of Alfred Ludlam, plot 5304, Bolton Street Cemetery
Date: [Between 1965 and 1969]
From: Shotter, P J E :Negatives and albums (with index) of graves in the Bolton Street and Sydney Street cemeteries, Wellington
Reference: 35mm-25524-20-F
Description: The grave of Alfred Ludlam at plot 5304 Bolton Street Cemetery. It was photographed in the late 1960s by the City Sexton, P J E Shotter, prior to its being dismantled to make way for the Wellington motorway. An original print from this negative is at PA1-o-046, page 66. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) individual frame on 35mm strip. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative
Papers relating to Alfred Ludlam
Date: [199-]
From: Shepherd, Rona Winsome, 1921- : Research papers
Reference: MS-Papers-9009-23
Description: Papers relating to Alfred Ludlam, a pronimnent early Wellington settler interested in plants and gardens. Part of research for `Wellington's heritage'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).