REDWOOD, HENRY (1794-1873) was born on the estate of the Cliffords at Tixall, Staffordshire. He was a man of great physical strength and brilliant mentality. In 1842 he sold his farm in Staffordshire and sailed for New Zealand with his wife and eight children in the George Fyfe. Taking up land at Waimea (Nelson), he and his sons worked for some years two farms (Stafford Place and Hedgford) and also operated a flourmill. He was one of the first settlers (about 1854) to take up land in Marlborough. The Bluff run, upon which he started, included what were later Ugbrooke, Vernon and Wither Hills, and he was one of the first to drive sheep there from Nelson.

Redwood was a member of the Nelson Provincial Council for Waimea West (1859). He died on 19 Jun 1873. (His sons included Henry Redwood, THOMAS Redwood and FRANCIS Redwood, q.v.)

Cycl. N.Z., v; F. Redwood, Reminiscences; Cycl. N.Z., v; The Colonist, 24 Jun 1873; Nelson Evening Mail, 11 Dec 1926 (p).

Reference: Volume 2, page 107

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