Lawyer and magistrate. Practised in Wellington by himself and in partnership with Ernest Hadfield. Officer in the Wellesley Club; involved in racing, was Vice-President of the Wellington Racing Club and on the Royal Commission (1921) on horse racing. Also acted on other Royal Commissions, including that on Samoa (1919), and on war pensions. As Lieutenant-Colonel commanded `D' Battery of NZ Artillery. During WWI acted first as Post Office censor, then as the Presiding Magistrate in an Appeal Court dealing with hardship under compulsory enlistment. Was a founding member of Wellington Sports Club ca 1910. Married Jessie Matilda Hunter 1888.
Moorhouse, William Harold Sefton, 1860-1929
Moorhouse, Major, 1860-1929
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Army Department :Photographs of D-(artillery) battery
Date: 1898, 1901
Reference: PAColl-3375
Description: D Battery in Wellington comprising 6 pound Armstrong cannon at an Evans Bay shoot; posing for the camera at Miramar; in camp in Miramar. Also during the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York in 1901. Quantity: 4 b&w original photographic print(s) in one envelope.
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Wellington Sports Club :[Aims and list of committee members, with illustration of clubh...
Date: 1900 - 1920
Reference: Eph-B-SPORT-1910-01
Description: Cover shows inset picture of the clubhouse, with verandahs and balconies, and a flag flying from a turret at the right. The roof is red corrugated iron. The committee members are listed as: Ian Duncan (of Messrs Levin and Company); Harold Johnston (of Brandon, Hislop and Johnston); W H Sefton Moorhouse (of Moorhouse and Hadfield); and C P Skerrett. Country members are: A S Gwavas Carlyon (Hawkes Bay); W H Beetham (Masterton); Dudley B Hill (Hawkes Bay); J N Williams (Hawkes Bay). The secretary is Aubrey Gualter. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset lithograph, 270 x 210 mm.
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Park - Statue of W Sefton Moorhouse
Date: 1914-1960
From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives
Reference: 1/4-042030-G
Description: Photograph taken for the 'Free Lance' newspaper between 1914 and 1960 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative
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Legal papers
Date: [1866-1888]
From: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers
Reference: 73-128-001
Description: Identified persons or firms entered under Name (many unidentified); also includes notes and fragments; note re Thoms to you; Treadwell's Orders for admission; letter to Detective Benjamin re larcenist Walter F Newman; receipts and accounts; sentencing statement re Thomas Hall; notes re N and A Sutherland's loan and Emma Ingley's further loan; approval note for E N Briscoe's plan; Baylis' property lease; hurry-up note re Raul's trustees; note from Property-Tax Department re removal from valuation roll of McGrath's estate and the value of the Porirua Hotel; note re Bath's property; letters, re Bell & Levin to Arthur, to Mrs King, Porirua Hotel, re Dransfield property; telegrams from H King from Porirua, E Buckley and Grogan from Napier and A Southey Baker from Palmerston North Also telegrams from B Muncadin relating to Menteath sent from Porirua, and from H F Hooper re McGrath, also sent from Porirua; receipt from John Luke Gage, tax note re Patrick Mungavin and note re John McGrath's estate and inability of Davis to work from Frederick Pinch Quantity: 1 folder(s).