British Army officer and Legislative Councillor. Came to New Zealand in 1852, and in 1854 accompanied W D B Mantell to pay off the Maori owners of the Murihiku Block, where he took up land at Waimahaka. Was appointed to the Legislative Council in 1853, where he took a prominent part in the constitutional debates in 1854. Returned to England ca 1855. See DNZB / Scholefield (Vol 1, p64)
Bellairs, Edmund Hooke Wilson, 1823-1896
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Manuscript
Wakefield, Edward Gibbon, 1796-1862 : Letters to R S Rintoul and Miss H Rintoul
Date: [1852-1853]
By: Wakefield, Edward Gibbon, 1796-1862
Reference: MS-2207
Description: Written from Plymouth, then Wellington and Christchurch. Describes the voyage to New Zealand on the Minerva, life and manners in Wellington and Christchurch, the scenery, prospects for the colony, political situation, especially with regard to Sir George Grey and the individual settlements, the concept of colonization; discusses various identities such as Sewell, Bellairs etc. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (25cm, various paginations, ¼ dark blue roan)
Image
[Ephemera relating to New Zealand persons whose surnames begin with B].
Date: 1876 - 1935 - 1988 - 1961 - 1998
Reference: Eph-A-PEOPLE-B
Description: Includes: Ernest S Baldwin. Certificate for a second class pass in Mathematics. Scinece and Art department of the Committee of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council on Education. [1876] Dorothy M Ballantyne. Membership cards, trade cards, etc. James Keir Baxter, "Hemi". New release of a special edition of portrait prints. Proceeds to the James K Baxter Trust [1988] Annie and Harold Beauchamp. Prospectus for the publication of a shipboard diary written 19 March to 5 May 1898 on board the "Ruahine", published by Holloway Press, 19 March 1998. John Cawte Beaglehole. Biographical pamphlet with photograph, ca 1939? Clarence Edward Beeby. Beeby celebrations, June 1992. Beeby celebration concert, National Library Auditorium, 19 June 1992. Flier Sir William Bellairs and his son captain Bellairs. Biographical flier. Judith Binney; Te Tomairangi o Te Aroha. On history. [2011] Phyllis, Jim and David Blair. Two Christmas cards ca 1940, probably designed by Jim Blair Charles Brasch. Charles Brasch Arts Festival. Marama Hall, University of Otago, 23-25 July 1976. Programme (2 copies) Arnold G Brooker, 51-year-old cyclist of Wellington. Flier Brown Family. The Brown reunion, Wairuna-Clinton, 1-2 April 1961 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the marriage of George and Elizabeth Brown, 1861. Banquet programme. T Lindsay Buick, New Zealand author and historian. [Autographed biographical pamphlet. ca 1935] Samuel Butler. Samuel Butler and the authoress of the Odyssey. Saturday 21 October 1950, Canterbury College hall. Programme (3 copies) Quantity: 15 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Small pamphlets and fliers, sizes varying below 25 cm.
Manuscript
First session of the General Assembly - Address by E H W Bellairs
Date: 1854
From: Mantell family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0083-127
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).