Mother of Edward Reginald Chudleigh and Augustine Chudleigh.
Baptised 7 October 1795 Liskeard, Cornwall, England. Married Nicholas Ford Chudleigh 15 August 1837 Roche, Cornwall. Noted in cenusus records as residing in St Columb, Cornwall, in 1861.
Died 12 July 1888 West Parley. Dorset, where her son Augustine became rector.
Date: 1881
By: Flint, C W, active 1880s; Hirst, Charles, active 1880s; Chudleigh, Mary Ecclesia, 1795-; Chudleigh, Richard Augustine, 1838-1920
Reference: B-139-001
Description: The centre foreground shows a man bent over scything or weeding, and a seated man in hat and red shirt, with Maori kete (?) beside him. At the left foreground is the weatherboard side of a shed, and in the centre background is a substantial homestead and outbuildings, with hilly land formations in right distance. In right foreground is a hat with red band, beside part of a farm implement, perhaps a plough. The largely flat land is dotted with shrubs. Edward Chudleigh was a land holder with property at Wharekauri,and at Waihou, on the Chatham Islands from 1866 to 1909. His diaries were published in 1950. Artist's name may be Hurst, Hirst, or Hunt. No person of that name is mentioned in the published version of Chudleigh's diaries for 1881, but a Charles Hirst is mentioned in 1864, in Canterbury, and Chudleigh did visit Canterbury in 1881, shortly after his wedding. At the end of 1881-beginning of 1882, Chudleigh had trouble with his servants who were insubordinate and dishonest. Shack on the site at present (1996) could be the one on left, "Te Kooti's hut". - punga logs with old sailingship door. This property and Edward Chudleigh's property in Gisborne remained in a family trust under a brother of Edward (possibly Augustine) until at least the 1950s. The Chudleigh estate papers went to Canterbury Museum. (Information from Mr & Mrs Graham Fenwick, September 1996). Other Titles - Hirst, C W fl 1881 Wooden backing board contains title. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - 1881 / C W Flint (or Hunt or Hirst); Backing board recto - centre - [Title] / My dearest Edward's present to his Mother; & now in 1882 transferred to her equally dear son Augustine, his beloved Brother: Our beloved Edward's first Run in New Zealand / M.E.C. aetat 87 on the 25th September next, now Aug. 15, 1882 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 162 x 345 mm. Provenance: Has spent some time in England, possibly since 1881. Processing information: Record updated 20 February 2024 with additional information Edward Chudleigh.