Marks/Inscriptions: W. 599 Wilson, Sin John Cracroft, C.B. K.C. S.P. (1808-81) was the son of Alexander Wilson P.R.S. an d Clemente re Cracroft . His father was a Fudge in the Madras Civil service . He was born at wore in the Madras Presidency and was educ at Hailey bury and B.D.C. Oxford where he stayed for 2 years - not long enough to yet a degree. He was appointed A cadet in the Bengal civi sorce and through his own ability and his distinguished fathers influence made good prog ress Before long he was a st. com i s sooner under Sir Wm. Sleeman and made a neme for himself in the suppression o f thurgood ism . While still a young man he was appointed mag is trite at Camm pore; and in 1841 he w as promoted to Moor ada bad as mag . and collector , a post which he admon ist cred until 1853 . During the war in Scud he was a Hacked in a civil capacity to the staff o Sir Chas. Naper and took part in '43 in the battle of Mccance In 1854 taking accumulated leave he left for Australia on a Leath trip taking with him a remarkable collection of animals for India. Whether he planned to go on to N.Z. from the benning is not known He sailed in the often with his animals and some India n followers Se J.C. Wilsons Record of voyage + first year in Canty. Scholefield i : Cyclop N.Z. i Cox : Acland : LT. 12.11.53 : : Ch.Ch Club Min.s.; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: n J.C.Wilson W. 599. When he was in Aust. he int Alfred Cox who gave him information about Canty; Cos had just bought his first sup irene of shep for his Canty rin Rank puka and Wilson asked him , as he himself knew nothing about sheep. whether he would let him have the sheep he had bought and buy another shipment for himself. Cox, always a good natured man consented ; he would congratul himself later for the trip to N.Z. was an exceptionally rough and protracted. The ship load of varmus animals attracted notice in Sydney and the res papers called then Wilsons Nosahs Ark'. The com ple party that left India in the Queen was 3 Wilsons 2 Emails 2 Calcutta Free school boys (Ear asians) , 13 Indians : stock 1 highly bred very pours fuel Arab stallion Boh ra Asses 2 Chimes pigs : spotted der; hog deer: antelope. 5 Agra goats: 8 peacocks + paleness 10 hares : 3 rabbits: R hill gaine fouls; guinea fowles; 2 bores grey partridges : 1or black do.; 1bore 3 French partridges : 3 wards cases scarlet rhododendr ons 1ease bai bos various sleds. The charter cost him to 350 and other details cost him a further£.60 . The Akbar was chartered at Port Philip and loaded at Newcastle . The voyage across the Tas man was a very rough ome and took e mouth; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: Se J.C.Won W. 599 The mak ass fell into a hold at Port Philip and was killed; one of out of 200 the natic died at Melbourne. The bodies of 1200 sheep had to be Thos on over bard and more wire lost a Gollan Bay oringi to cold Southard(ies and tut poisoning f the animals the Chime pigs and the goats survived; one peacock survived but n hens : the arab stallion sword and bred well . His name was Wanderer o b fed wlliam . He bought a fine young bull in Aust and as he rode bach From getting a house in Ch.Ch. he sawhill carsey lying by the roadside - tutresh no doubt. He fixed his home at the foot of the Port Hills which he named Cashmere. Another Wilson ame which has survived was Hackthorne which was the home of the Cracroft family. He had time to acquis the stations Saad lands . lacroft and High Peak before the Line came far him to return to Audiate . Part of his great plan was to purchase a noble landed property and ent ait it on his eldest son This he succeeded in doing . but the N.Z. Govt. refused later on to recognise any transfer of property further than one life after the transference had entered into pos son. Landed Gentry; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: Su J.C.Wilson W. 599 He had to return to India by the L ate witch Doe. 54 leaving his i s wife behind him to look after affairs. She joined him in India some time later . He re someday his port as civil and sessions judge at Moved dea The Mutiny broke out in '57 and moral bad was in the heart of the f the disaffected Area . He applied to the Lieut Governor to entre his powers in order that he might deal with the troubles and his request was promptly granted. He was des cubed as "a curl functionary mesmerise energy and courage, a man equal to any emergency and capable of any act of daring. His famous act c red ing up to the Indian gunners " on one occasion , as he passed the lines of the native artillery they laid then guns and lit their port fires but Wilsons dear luc eyes calmly confronted the murderous design. D Without d s fear on his face he rode towards the guns, not from them, and waved his hat as a challenge to the gunners , who. aahed anita over. avid y the bearing of the intrepid English man , slunk bach and Wilson was sed saved Caning des patch of 2.7.59 sing ted out Wilson from among many names for mention. ) name this gentleman first "ho said because of hes enviable distinction of having by his o tuateawa courage; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: N.s 5.599 and purser verne saved more Christian lies than any other man in India . He did this ag the repeatedly mnire ment peril of his own like. He has since left the server of the Indian Got and retired to New Zealand , where ) respect filly hope that the foo fervor of whe Corn may follow "It did but onl y alter a considerable lapse of tie . He was made C.1 but his knight hood C he waste a R. C.S.I ) did not arrive till 1872. Some letters in the Turnbull h beary signe d. E. Muter made it clear that the omission of his te nance had an cap lana ions From the Early list of Mutiny honour s The order of the Star of Cude was a limited honour and he had to wait till there Was a vacancy. by the Armenian which he chartered He returned to N.Z. in 59 , accompanied by a retinue of India servants. He stood both for Part and for the Prov Corn and was as frequently defeated is elections. There were times when he was very unpopular with the waking men voters owing to his paying vey low wages and invoking the Masters and Servants Act to get men back who horler run away. Mary of his Indians ian away when they found they could get much better wages else who. , some f them married Maoris.; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: W.599. A man who was under indentor es to him of t10 a year rave aw ay and said in Court that the th o didnt. pay for his boots; o but the Magistrate sent him back . The last of his Indians died in May 1902 and was believed to( 107 years old. He was the s chairman of the C.J.C. but he was neither a ra0my man or interested in racing. e and Tor Cass selected the site for the race counse . B ut he was very ford of driving a four. in - hand and ie bred horser on a large se aile - carriage horses , hackneyed . His first annual sale of horses took place in May 62 and 15 sold for F 700. Miss Hote who lived in Hoo Hay Rd all her life said he newa failed to stop and pick up children who were walking to school. she also said he used to ive away prizes at the Spreydon school and give every child something whether he had won a prize or not. He used to supply donkeys r the School picnic and any boy who could ride them would get a handful f sweets . He would give the parents a pil of s a great fed at Cashmere at the annual school pice. He was also unpopular because he was suspected of trying to have a road opened which would benefit him personally , as it led past LT. 15.10.64 : 6.3.66 : 15.3.62; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: In J.C.wi son W. 599 a mill he owned. There were angry letters in the papers and a porn with Sarcastic jibes at him. He was elected for Palt for Ch.Ch 61.-66 . Then they won ed w longer elect him he trans fereday to Coleridge which he represented b6-70. He later represented Heathcote 72.75 In the Prov. Conn. he rep. Ashburton 62-66 and in '71 and in 75-76 when he heat d an executive. " The Nabokov bs coming Oh". teas1 Oh. Dear The la bob 18 coming Oh". Dear. with Indian story In which all the glory was gained by a gent from Cashmere Crosbie Ward. His executive made severe cuts in education grants and raised direct public contributions to the cost of e hia tion . The Board of Education which had done such good work was abolished and in its place A.C. Knight, renowned as a cheese parera was made Minister of Edie. The members of hs Csc. wer e Maskell Prov. Sec. and Treas. , Wynn William Prov Solicitor, J.T. Peacock, Public works and Geo Buckley member without pst folio. Wyn Williams who was a liberal - minded man, LT. 16.4.75 : 16.6.75 : 24.5.76; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: Se J.C.Wilson W. 599 did not stay in thes Exec. long. When Maskell retired Wilson and Rolleston had a long drawn out battle as to who should succeed him Wilton nominated Chas Harpo and Rolleston refused to accept him owing to his mexperience. Thee Wilson nominated Pilliet who was more of levs of a role and Rolleston refused him . It was rumowrned that Jebson would be the next am e. He was very fond music ; the flute was his instrument and nd of i he was always on the lookout y an accompanies. He usually supplied nt for ar some of the programme at he Heathcote school concerts . When the musica societies of Ch.Ch. were a mal ama ted into the canty. Musical Soc. he was elected Pres. He was elected to the fist comm . of the Canty A.+6. Assoc pod but he took io parti eas pa it in stud beading. was a hot. tempered man and could ist bear being crossed The Ernest Grays lived near him and he used often to walk across to see thom . One day his dogs started chasing Ernest Grays stud wes and Gray remonstrate d angrily . Wilson went out on the verandah and roared at them ( Mrs Arthur Barker , then a small aul says he e used terrible laing rage) ; then he strode away in a rage and i oe renewed his visits; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: si J.E. Wilson W. 599 In Oct 64 he was chosen Capt. of the new Canty Mounted volunteer Reg.t. (the C.V.C.I. He left for a trip on the Nevada in May 71 and had a great send off from the C. Y.C. who were undoubted lg attached to him, and he was deeply affected by it. Although he was o Tory of Tories he was respected for his absolute genuineness . He returned Early in '72 . The N.Z. Rifle shooting competitions were hild on a range which Le l - lent for the pur pose. A complimentary diner was held for him after the frg was over In July 72 when he stood for the Prov. Com he had to suffer a good deal of not in friendly hee kling from the Working men crowd . This time they had a candidate of theis own to vote S.P. Andrew and he got 344 voles to Wilsons 300 ; but he soon fer got in for Heathcote n opposed. LT. 1.8.72 Editorial on Si. J.C.W. complimentary. He was the first clair man of the Bd. of the Canty Sale ands Co 8 (Addington Yards) and he presided at the celebration dinner . The first sale was held there 18. 14.74. He was the largest shareholder and had worked energetically on the project. LT. 5.2.73 : 6.11.73 : 7.4.74 : 19.11.74 : 11.5.71 : 13.4.72 : 23. : 31.7.72; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: Sus J.E.W lion 1o W. 599 In Part. he was chairman of the Public Petitions comm. and performs his duties with the vigour one would expect. He was Pres. of the Alum. Soc. and always took a keen interest in this subject. He was for lorg chairman of the Upper Sch Comm. Culverden was one of his state onus and he was chair modes of the Aerin C.C. at the time his death. It was taken by the Govt and was thrown open for selection in May 08 ; it was then of 25540 ac. He also owned 357 ac of light land at Hinds Mrs Home wood and hey husb. came out to Canty in '67 ; she was a cousin of J.C. W. and the Hone adds stayed at Cashmere Mrs Homewood said that in 67 the Cashmere establishment was besides J.C.W. and his wife, his eldest son Frederik Herbert and his wife and 3ch. They had English servants in the house. The native servants had their quarters in hits ; mort of them had married Maori wives . The Horne wood s stayed 3 ion thos and most of this time, J.C.W was hard at work drain ing the big swamp. Mrs H . said her tronss ense was far too plain to suit the taste y Mrs J.C.W and her dau i - law who were considered the leaders of Bahian in Ch.Ch. The few borne s Mrs Homewood , Roller as of Octogenarian; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: W. 599 were first critically ins pecked by them before they were offered elsewhere J.C.W. increased his unpopularity in Canty by moving large reduction in the capita tion grants to the Cant. volunteers. - ranging from a half to two thirds ; these were passed by the Gen Assembl He was chosen a porovisionnt trustee of the B. N.Z. When it w as being Formed Alfred Cox says he was a good judge of horses unless t was one f his own and then he could see 7r0 fault. His great work was drawing the Cashmere se emp and that Wa s his dream , and he request ly labored himself . Mrs Cox was one of his favourite accom paris ts when he played the f uk. He suggested bringing Charla to N.Z. to deal with the Maris. He was rather too found of talking of his deeds and was inclined to be vain glorious. As a friend he was possessive and jealous - did not like to see Cox talking to others. E.J. Burke said " that grand old character bringing his mas te ful Indian train ing into Early. life - two things thorough by anton is tie. Haast said Who is this Nabokov , a fiery red face framed in an arrested of white locks , clear lie eyes, sons what coterie in temper and.; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: 12 W. 599. domineering in manner Churchwarden at Halswell , member of St Jolie hab ey marr. (1) Eliz. dau. of S. Wall at westminster 4.11.28 : she d. in Indie 1210.4 - (2) Jane Torre Greg. no family. shed 19.2.98 He d. +-9s 2.3.81 family Laura b. Dac 1829 d. Jubil ore 1832 William 1830 d. Eta wah Frederick Herbert b. I Abul pore 29.6.32 marr. Francis Sarah dau opt Wester Emma b. Cw up ore 1833 marr. John Log an Campbell of Auck. Constance marr . Edmund Bensley Thornhill Alex Cracroft 1840 m ar. dau of A. 4 M noro of Auck. Lauri b. Mora dab ad 1842 d. '44 Walle, 44 drowned while crossing Rakaia 6.65 He was manager of Cracroft at the time fam. inf. Haast; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer