ICK, CHARLES THOMAS (1827-85) was born on the Lady Halton estate, Shropshire, and arrived in New Zealand in the Lord Worsley in 1858, going into business in Dunedin as a draper. In 1863 he started farming at Waikouaiti, where he took an interest in local affairs as a member of the borough council. Losing money on his farm, however, he moved to Christchurch in 1870, where he carried on business as an auctioneer for 12 years. In Dunedin Ick assisted in securing the return of Vogel to Parliament and was a member of the City Council. He was active in social work in Christchurch, being a founder of the Benevolent Aid Society (1879) and a member of the hospital and charitable aid board. He was mayor of the City in 1879-80, and many years chairman of the works committee. He died on 27 Apr 1885.

Cycl. NZ., iii (p); Lyttelton Times, 28 Apr 1885.

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IHAIA TAINUI, a son of Werita, acted in 1857 as guide to Leonard Harper on his exploration of the Hurunui river and Harper's Pass (when they found gold at the mouth of the Teremakau). He was M.H.R. for the Southern Maori 1879-80, defeating Taiaroa and Paratene (Patterson). At the general election he again defeated Paratene by a 6 to 1 majority. In the following year he retired to permit Taiaroa to enter Parliament.

Papers before Greymouth Literary Association, 15 Aug 1868; Harrop, Westland; Reid; Hindmarsh; Dobson; Grey River Argus, 14 Jan 1928. Portrait: Parliament House.

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INGLES, HENRY ANTHONY (1840-92) was born in London, the son of David Ingles, of Kincaid, Stirling. Educated at Edinburgh Academy and Sandhurst, he received his ensigncy in the 78th Highlanders (1856) and sold out in 1861 as a lieutenant. He came to Nelson by the Ravenscraig (1862), and with a brother purchased the Pukipuki run, Marlborough (extending from the Iron Gate to the Kowhai river), which they named Kincaid. They had a stern struggle with scab and rabbits.

Ingles was a justice of the peace and a member of the road board. He represented Clarence in the Marlborough Provincial Council from 1868 until the abolition, and was a member of the executive in 1870 and again from 1874 until the end of the period. He was M.H.R. for Cheviot (1871-75). As a friend and confidant of Stafford (q.v.) Ingles suggested to Vogel bringing down the abolition resolutions on 13 Aug 1874. He was afterwards on the county council. He married (1875) Emily Ann, daughter of Walter Glas Chieve (Tasmania). He died on 21 Mar 1892.

Information from family and James Davison, Kaikoura; Parlty Record; Press Association, 21 Mar 1892; The Colonist, 30 Nov 1869; The Press, Oct 1894; N.Z. Herald, 3 Dec.

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INGLIS, JOHN (1822-84) was the son of a Presbyterian minister and was born at Milden, Roxburghshire. He emigrated to Victoria in 1854 and to New Zealand a few years later, taking up a sheep farm in the North Island. After spending a year or two in business in Timaru, he was appointed in 1864 manager of Matheson's agency in Christchurch. When that business was disposed of (1878) he carried on on his own account.

Inglis took a great interest in free and undenominational education, and as a member of the Provincial Council for Christchurch (1869-74) he did much to promote the Canterbury system. In 1871 he was appointed by the Superintendent a member of the board of education, and he assisted to frame the education ordinance. He was chairman of the first board of education (1874) and was a member and chairman of both the boards subsequently set up under acts of Parliament (1874-84). Altogether he served 13 years on the board (including more than nine years as chairman). He was interested also in the Canterbury Philosophical Institute and was a governor of Canterbury College and some time chairman of the chamber of commerce. Inglis was a staunch member of the Trinity Congregational Church (of which he was 15 years treasurer). He died on 19 Oct 1884.

Canterbury P.C. Proc.; Hight and Candy; Lyttelton Times, 24 Oct 1884.

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INNES, ALEXANDER (1832-82) was born at Glasgow and educated in Edinburgh. He was apprenticed to his uncle, a seed engraver, but on emigrating to Victoria he was for some years a storekeeper at Ovens. He designed the town hall at Beechworth. In 1863 he came to Otago, settling in Queenstown as salesman to Bendix Hallenstein. Later he went to Arrowtown in charge of a branch store. There he acquired considerable property (including an orchard), to which he devoted his whole attention. Innes represented The Lakes in the Provincial Council (1872-73). He was the first mayor of Arrowtown and designed the seal of the corporation. A man of some culture and education, he took a keen interest in the local library. Innes died on 11 Dec 1882.

Lake Wakatipu Mail, 15 Dec 1882.

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INNES, DAVID (?-1865) came to Canterbury in the first years of the settlement and in 1853 was allotted 25,000 acres (later Holme and Pareora stations). He entered into partnership with William Hyde Harris, owner of Waikakahi (1855), and they worked the stations together until 1864. Then Innes and Edward Elworthy became partners. When they dissolved, Innes took the lower Pareora, of which he freeholded 15,000 acres about that time.

While returning from England in the Kensington in 1862, Innes purchased from L. Walker (q.v.) a consignment of horses which Walker considered unfit for further travel. Thus Traducer, Leotard and Mermaid (dam of Lurline) came to New Zealand. Innes was in the Provincial Council (for Pareora) from Mar to Jul 1864, being twice elected in that period. After selling his station he resided in Christchurch till his death in 1865.

Innes married (1860) Catherine Lucy, daughter of Mrs D. T. Williams. She published in 1879 a volume, Canterbury Sketches, and wrote verse and fiction for the Otago Witness and other papers up to the time of her death (on 28 Apr 1900).

Acland; Cox; C. L. Innes, op. cit.; Canterbury P.C. Proc., 1864; Lyttelton Times, 30 Apr 1900.

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INNES, SIR JOHN (1840-1912) came to Canterbury in the early sixties and bought run 167. This became part of the Mt Brown station, of which he was later sole owner (1877). He took his younger brother James into partnership and in 1890 they bought the freehold of the whole of Double Corner and Mt Brown from the Midland Railway Co. He was a justice of the peace.

In 1878 Innes succeeded to the baronetcy of Balveny. He returned to Scotland in the nineties and died unmarried on 2 May 1912. He was succeeded as thirteenth baronet by his brother James (born 1846) who also returned to Scotland and was a justice of the peace for the county of Banff, where he died unmarried on 7 Jan 1919.

Acland; Burke, Peerage, 1935; Woodhouse.

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IRELAND, GEORGE (1829-80) was born in north Ireland of Scots extraction, educated there and emigrated to the colonies. (Ross says Ireland was not his real name and that he had been an army officer.) He was at Gabriel's Gully (1861), the Dunstan and the Molyneux; and eventually left goldmining and settled down as a schoolmaster at Roxburgh. He was a well-read, serious-minded man and though a Wesleyan, acted as secretary of the provisional committee before the appointment of the first Presbyterian minister (1868). After giving up the school he returned to mining and held a claim at Roxburgh until his death.

Ireland was member of the Provincial Council for Mt Benger (1873-75). In 1879 he was nominated by the miners as a Liberal to oppose the runholders' candidate for the Waikaia seat in Parliament and was elected. He died on 15 Aug 1880.

Don; Ross; Evening Star, 16 Aug 1880; N.Z. Times, 10 Sep 1880. Portrait: Parliament House.

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IRONSIDE, SAMUEL (1814-97) was born at Sheffield, Yorkshire. In Sep 1836 he was sent to Hoxton Wesleyan College for theological training, where he distinguished himself as a linguist. On 24 Aug 1838 he married Sarah, daughter of William Eades, of Sheffield. They sailed for New Zealand by the barque James, 350 tons, on 20 Sep 1838 (the Revs J. H. Bumby and Charles Creed being fellow-passengers). They arrived on 19 Mar 1839.

With the assistance of the missionaries and of Tamati Waka Nene, Ironside studied Maori; in six weeks he read the morning service to the native congregation, and in five months was preaching extempore in Maori. He and the Rev John Warren accompanied the Hokianga chiefs to Waitangi to meet Captain Hobson, and he instigated the speech made by Nene in opposition to Hone Heke, as a result of which the chiefs signed the Treaty (6 Feb 1840). Ironside signed as a witness. He and Hobbs prepared for Hobson's visit to Mangungu, where on 13 Feb 34 Hokianga chiefs signed the Treaty. Hobson wrote a letter of thanks to the Wesleyan missionaries for their aid.

Ironside was appointed to open a mission at Cloudy Bay. While at Kawhia with Whiteley, Ironside and the Revs J. Aldred and G. Buttle, accompanied by Paul Mariwhenu led a party of liberated slaves to their ancestral homes, and on this journey (Jun-Aug 1840) Ironside selected sites for mission stations in the Taranaki and Wanganui districts. The schooner Hannah, 28 tons, chartered to convey him and Buddle to Cook Straits, was totally wrecked when leaving Kawhia. In Dec Ironside and Aldred left in the Magnet. Ironside was landed at Guard's Bay on 20 Dec, and Aldred at Port Nicholson on 23 Dec. Ironside selected as his headquarters Ngakuta Bay, at the head of Port Underwood, Admiralty Bay and Pelorus river. He planted native teachers at about 30 villages and sent preaching squads to the West Coast, Kaikoura and Banks Peninsula, and to assist Watkin at Waikouaiti. At the 16 churches erected in his station were 600 baptised natives and a great body of adherents. The church at Ngakuta (opened on 5 Aug 1842) accommodated 800 people. Ironside established causes at Motueka and at Nelson in 1842. At Nelson in less than three years he baptised 680 adults and 168 children.

In Apr 1843 he gave evidence at an important murder trial in Wellington, the result of which angered the natives and outraged Ironside's sense of justice. The natives were sore also about certain land transactions. Ironside warned Tuckett (who was surveying some Wairau lands) and Captain Wakefield that the consequences might be serious. Failure to follow his advice led to the Wairau tragedy on 17 Jun. Ironside at Ngakuta heard of it the next afternoon (Sunday), and early on Monday tried vainly to launch his boat in the teeth of a south-east gale. On Tuesday, aided by men from the whaling station, he set out and encountered Te Rauparaha and Rangihaeata, who advised him to leave the dead to the wild pigs. At the scene of the tragedy Ironside buried some of the slain where they lay, and a dozen others in a large grave. Next day the Government brig Victoria arrived, and he handed over to St Hill, the sheriff, the pocket books, watches and money he had found on the various bodies. In Feb 1845 the residents of Nelson presented Ironside with a handsomely bound Bible in three volumes in appreciation of his heroic humanitarianism at the Wairau. The tragedy disrupted Ironside's plans, for the natives loaded their canoes and carried out their long-cherished purpose of returning to their ancestral homes in Taranaki. Ironside could not muster a native crew for his boat. He left the station in the temporary charge of Paramena, a native teacher, and later arranged for a catechist named Jenkins to supervise the work at Cloudy Bay and Queen Charlotte Sound.

Ironside settled in Manners Street, Wellington, near Te Aro pa. From 1843 to 1848 he shared fully in the life of the town. On 13 Aug 1843 he officiated at the opening of a native chapel at Te Aro flat. He was a member of the committee dealing with the sale of lands at Te Aro, and witnessed the signatures of the natives to the deed of sale in Sep 1844. In that year he was a vice-president of the Mechanics' Institute. On 5 Dec he preached at the opening of a brick church of which Governor FitzRoy had laid the foundation stone. He was a trusted adviser of both FitzRoy and Grey, and his counsel on native affairs was valued by the Attorney-general and the Colonial Secretary. In 1847 petitions were sent by the church members and by prominent citizens asking that he should not be removed from Port Nicholson. He was accordingly left undisturbed until 1849, and exercised a profound influence amongst excited tribes from the Wairarapa to Wanganui. He co-operated heartily with Hadfield and Wiremu Kingi te Rangitake in preventing a Maori attack on Wellington. After the earthquake of 1848 Ironside bore a worthy part in organising relief measures.

In 1849 he was transferred to Nelson. Upon his departure from there in 1854 the citizens presented him with a silver tea service in testimony to his Christian philanthropy and eminent usefulness. After serving at New Plymouth (1855-57), Ironside transferred to Australia, where he laboured at Sydney, Adelaide, Hobart and Melbourne. From 1875 to 1878 he was foreign mission secretary in Victoria. In 1878 he was superannuated and settled in Hobart. He acted as custodian of church property deeds in Tasmania (1885-89) and died on 24 Apr 1897.

M.A.R.P.

G.B.ap., 1844/556, 1845/131; N.Z. Gaz., 1843; E. J. Wakefield; Buller; Buick, Marlborough and Old New Zealander; C. A. Macdonald; Morley; Pratt; G. Smales in N.Z. Herald, 6 Jan 1894; Methodist Times, 1890-92; Nelson Evening Mail, 11 Dec 1926 (p).

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IRVINE, JOHN (1805-88) was born at Lerwick, Shetland. As a boy he showed a taste for art, but being left an orphan at the age of 10 he had to go abroad before he was 21 in search of a livelihood. He studied in Edinburgh and in London at the Royal Academy (1826-28) where Herbert, Etty and Maclise were fellow students. In 1828 he received a medal for work in the antique school, and in 1834 he was elected an associate of the Royal Scottish Academy, where he exhibited. At the Royal Academy he sold seven pictures in one year.

Irvine specialised in portraits, and finished some of the work of Thomas Lawrence. He came to Melbourne to join his son, and while in Adelaide made a portrait of Sturt, the explorer. In 1863 he settled in Dunedin, where he painted many portraits for the Provincial Council (including Dr Burns, Cargill, John McGlashan and Moses Wilson Gray). In 1865-66 he did some engraving and lithography for the Otago Witness. He was president of the Dunedin Art Society, to which he presented some books as the nucleus of a library. He died on 22 Jun 1888.

Otago Daily Times, 11 Jul 1888.

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ISAACS, EDWARD (1820-91) was born in London and emigrated to Tasmania about 1840. He obtained a post with a firm whaling and sandalwood trading in the South Sea islands. In 1844 he established a business of his own and, leaving his partner in charge, went to London and sent to Auckland his brothers George and Henry. They did well as general merchants, and opened a branch in Melbourne when gold was discovered (1853). There he spent the next few years, identifying himself with social and charitable objects. After removing to Auckland in 1860, Isaacs assisted to promote the Auckland Shipping Co. (afterwards merged in the New Zealand Shipping Co.). He was a member of the City Council 1875-79 and of the harbour board for many years. During the Waikato war the firm carried out large contracts for supplies. Isaacs died on 20 Aug 1891.

His younger brother, Henry ISAACS (b. 1824) came to Auckland in 1852. He was on the harbour board and the City Council (1871-74 and 1875) and was mayor in 1874.

Cycl. N.Z., ii (p); N.Z. Herald, 11 Sep 1891.

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ISITT, FRANCIS WHITMORE (1846-1916) was born at Bedford, England, and received his theological training at the Wesleyan College, Richmond. He came to New Zealand in 1870. He was a master of pulpit oratory, and held several important pastorates until broken health compelled temporary retirement. With health restored he devoted some years to church work and in 1900 he became secretary of the New Zealand Alliance (a position he retained until 1909). He was a prominent prohibition leader and brought to this work great organising capacity, strong conviction, boundless enthusiasm and tireless industry.

A magnetic personality, Isitt had great gifts as a platform speaker and wielded a trenchant pen as editor of The Prohibitionist (afterwards known as The Vanguard). During his secretaryship of the New Zealand Alliance ten electorates carried no-license. The impress of his influence is upon the statutes relating to the licensed liquor traffic.

Isitt married (1874) Mary Campbell, daughter of William Purdie. He died on 11 Nov 1916.

M.A.; R.P.

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ISITT, LEONARD MONK (1855-1937) was born at Bedford, England, educated at Bedford Modern and Clevedon Colleges and entered a softgoods business. Suffering ill-health, he came to New Zealand in 1875 and joined his brother (F. W. Isitt, q.v.) in Dunedin. There he studied for the Methodist ministry as a home missionary and was ordained in 1883. He early adopted the crusade against the liquor traffic and, allying himself with T. E. Taylor, became in a few years one of the protagonists of prohibition. Isitt was associated as chairman with the Sydenham no-license campaign, which resulted in the closing of all hotels within the electorate (a decision afterwards reversed by the Privy Council). With the consent of the Methodist conference, he resigned from the ministry to devote his whole time to the prohibition cause. First he concentrated on the passing of a bill to provide for local option. The success of this crusade led to his being invited to England by the United Kingdom Alliance, and he made four lecturing tours of Great Britain.

On the death of T. E. Taylor (1911), Isitt contested his seat in Parliament (Christchurch North), which he won and held continuously till 1925. He then retired and was called to the Legislative Council, of which he was a member till his death (on 29 Jul 1937). He was a brilliant orator and a persistent advocate of his ideals, prohibition and Bible-reading in schools. He repeatedly introduced in Parliament bills to further them, and he established The Vanguard and ran it for many years in the interests of prohibition. He was vice-president of the Methodist centenary conference in 1922.

Isitt married (1881) Agnes, daughter of John Scott Caverhill. He was principal of the firm of L. M. Isitt, Ltd., booksellers, and was a governor of Canterbury College.

N.Z.P.D., 10 Sep 1937; Who's Who N.Z., 1932; Evening Post and The Dominion (p), 29 Jul 1937. Portrait: Parliament House.

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ISLINGTON, SIR JOHN POYNDER DICKSON-POYNDER (1866-1936), 1st Baron, was the son of Rear-admiral J. B. Dickson and Sarah, daughter of Thomas Poynder. Succeeding his uncle as baronet in 1884, he assumed the additional name of Poynder. Educated at Harrow and Oxford, he gained his commission as lieutenant in the 3rd battalion the Royal Scots. He served in the South African war and was aide-de-camp to Lord Methuen (D.S.O.). After retiring he became major and honorary colonel of the Wiltshire Yeomanry.

From 1898-1904 Dickson-Poynder was a member of the London County Council (for St George's, Hanover Square). He took a great interest in the feeding of school children and other social activities. In 1892 he was elected in the Conservative interest for Chippenham, which he represented till 1910, when he was appointed to be Governor of New Zealand. Having travelled widely in the British dominions, Dickson-Poynder was converted to Liberalism in 1905, but always asserted his independence. He was created first Baron Islington on taking office as Governor of New Zealand. His term lasted only two years. He retired on 2 Dec 1912 to undertake the chairmanship of the Indian public services commission.

In 1914 he was Under-secretary for the Colonies; in 1915-19 Under-secretary for India, and in 1920-26 chairman of the National War Savings committee (P.C. 1911; K.C.M.G. 1911; G.C.M.G. 1913). He was chairman of the Imperial Institute (1914-21) and president of the African Society (1915-16), chairman of the Royal Northern Hospital (1891-1912) and a knight of justice of the Order of St John.

Islington married (1896) Anne, daughter of R. H. D. Dundas. He died on 7 Aug 1936, the title becoming extinct.

Who's Who N.Z.; Burke, Peerage; The Times, 8 Dec 1936.

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IVESS, JOSEPH (1844-1919) was born at Askeaton, County Limerick, Ireland, and accompanied his parents to Melbourne in 1852. Educated at Barnett's Grammar School at Emerald Hill, he came to New Zealand in 1868, and was engaged in the printing business in Hokitika and Reefton. He represented Inangahua in the Nelson Provincial Council (1873-75). In 1875 he moved to Patea, where he established the Patea Mail and in 1877 to Ashburton, where again he established a newspaper.

He was a member of the borough council and contested the Parliamentary seat for Wakanui against J. C. Wason (1881). The election of Wason being declared void, Ivess defeated Alfred Saunders. In 1884 he was defeated by E. Grigg, but he regained the seat in 1885, defeating E. G. Wright. On being again defeated (in 1887) he retired. Ivess established 45 newspapers in various towns in Australia and New Zealand. He died on 5 Sep 1919.

NZPD, 11 Sep 1919; Who's Who NZ, 1908; Scholefield, Union Catalogue.

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IZARD, CHARLES BEARD (1829-1904) was born at Brighton, England, and educated at King's College, London, and Magdalen College, Cambridge. (B.A., first senior optime 1854.) He was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn (1854) and practised in the chancery division until coming to New Zealand in 1860 by the Avalanche.

Izard commenced to practise in Wellington, and in 1875 admitted H. D. Bell to partnership. Retiring in 1887, he devoted some attention to business, being a director of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Co. and a governor of the Wellington Girls' High School and Boys' College. He contested the Foxton seat in Parliament in 1881, and was elected for Wellington South and Suburbs in 1887. A supporter of Atkinson, he was nevertheless a free-trader, and voted against his leader on his tariff proposals.

Izard married (1859) Miss Hayward (Sussex). He died on 24 Oct 1904.

Cycl. N.Z., i (p); N.Z. Times, 25 Oct 1904.

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IZARD, CHARLES HAYWARD (1860-1925) was born in New Zealand, the son of Charles Beard Izard (q.v.). Educated at Harrow School, he read law at Lincoln's Inn (1880) and was called. On his return to New Zealand he entered the firm of Ball, Gully and Izard (1885) and afterwards (from 1906) practised with T. S. Weston. He was a member of the Wellington City Council (1898-1907), and was M.H.R. for Wellington North from 1906 to 1908, when he was defeated by A. L. Herdman. Izard was a member of the Legislative Council (1918-25). He was a director of several companies, including the Manawatu Railway, and the Wellington Trust and Loan. He died on 18 Sep 1925.

N.Z.P.D., 21 Sep 1925; Evening Post, 19 Sep 1925.

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