STUDHOLME, JOHN (1863-1934), son of the above, was born at Hororata and educated at Farnborough, England, Christ's College (N.Z.) and Christ Church, Oxford (M.A.). He farmed for 40 years in the North Island and at Coldstream, Canterbury. He took an active part in local government, was president of the Farmers' Union (1901) and was prominent in the Bible-in-Schools movement and the Pan-Anglican Congress (1908). Studholme established a chair in home science at Otago University (1909). He served in the war of 1914-18, being assistant adjutant-general. (D.S.O. 1916; C.B.E. 1919.) He published: Some Records of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (1928), The Work of the Church among the White Settlers of New Zealand (1908) and Religious Instruction in the State Primary Schools of Great Britain (1930). Studholme married first a daughter of Archbishop Thomson, and second Katherine, daughter of Sir Charles Bowen. He died on 26 May 1934.

Who's Who N.Z., 1932; Studholme, op. cit.; Christ's Coll. List.; The Press, 27 May 1934 (p).

Reference: Volume 2, page 177

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