- land on the
Canterbury Plains had been
taken up already.
Established runholders did not take them seriously, and some
laughed at them for
wanting to take...
- land on the
Canterbury Plains had been
taken up already.
Established runholders did not take them seriously, and some
laughed at them for
wanting to take...
-
September 1889), also
known as
Ready Money Robinson, was a New
Zealand runholder and
member of the New
Zealand Legislative Council.
Robinson was born in...
- John
Deans (4 May 1820 – 23 June 1854) was,
together with his
brother William, a
pioneer farmer in Canterbury, New Zealand. He was born in Kirkstyle, Riccarton...
- John
Cargill (1821 – 2
January 1898) was a New
Zealand politician and
runholder.
Cargill was born in 1821; he was the son of
William Cargill, one of Otago's...
-
Jacobite general Allan McLean (philanthropist) (1822–1907), New
Zealand runholder and
philanthropist Allan McLean (outlaw) (1855–1881),
Canadian outlaw...
-
Thomas Rowley and one
brother emigrated, and he
became a
significant runholder. He
later started acting as an
agent for
absentee landowners. He briefly...
- – 7 July 1905),
derogatorily known as
Scabby Moore, was a New
Zealand runholder and
proprietor of the
Glenmark estate.
Moore was born at
Billown near...
-
Henry Poingdestre (1832?–1885) was a New
Zealand runholder,
rabbit farmer and eccentric. He was born in St Helier,
Channel Islands in
about 1832. Graham...
-
Pharazyn merchant and
runholder William Pharazyn merchant and
runholder Robert Stains Thomas Coldham Williams (1825–1912)
runholder now
Queen Margaret College...
