AMBURY, STEPHEN JAMES (1851-1929) was born at Aston Ingham, Herefordshire, and came to New Zealand in the British Empire (1880). After farming at Cambridge, he started a milk business in Auckland and commenced the manufacture of butter. He was a pioneer of butter exporting and factory manufacture. In 1885 he called a meeting of farmers at Mangere and offered to erect a creamery if they would supply the milk. He exported the first ton of factory butter from Auckland (1899) and was later associated with the Auckland Farmers Freezing Co. of which he was an original shareholder, and director and chairman (1914-21). In public life Ambury was mayor of Newton (1887-90), and a member of the Auckland hospital board. He was an officer of the Pitt Street Methodist Church and chairman of the Probert Trust. On his death (23 Jul 1929) he made substantial religious and philanthropic bequests.

N.Z. Herald, 24 Jul, 3 Aug 1929.

Reference: Volume 1, page 22

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