Charles Blakiston

Charles Robert Blakiston (6 July 1825 – 1 September 1898) was a New Zealand politician.

Biography

Blakiston was born in 1825.

Canterbury. He took land at Ferry Road (rural section (RS) 101), which he subdivided in the 1880s. The resulting village became known as Ashbourne (after Blakiston's birthplace) and is these days part of Woolston.^[2]^[4]

Blakiston married Mary Anna Harper, the second daughter of

Charles George Tripp.^[6]

Blakiston was a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council from 8 October 1857 to 15 July 1862, when he resigned.^[7]

He died on 1 September 1898.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Charles Robert Blakiston". The Peerage. Retrieved 23 January 2012.^{[unreliable source]}
^ ^a ^b ^c "Obituary". The Star. No. 6273. 2 September 1898. p. 4. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
^ "Sir Matthew Blakiston, 2nd Bt". The Peerage. Retrieved 23 January 2012.^{[unreliable source]}
^ Blanchard, Henry Pudham (June 1883). "Blanchard, Henry Pudham, fl 1883 :Part of rural section no 101". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
^ "Marriages". Lyttelton Times. Vol. X, no. 614. 25 September 1858. p. 4. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
^ McLintock, A. H., ed. (22 April 2009) [1966]. "TRIPP, Charles George". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage / Te Manatū Taonga. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
^ Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer. p. 74.

[Peerage_Charles_Robert_Blakiston-1] "Charles Robert Blakiston". The Peerage. Retrieved 23 January 2012.^{[unreliable source]}

[Star_obit-2] "Obituary". The Star. No. 6273. 2 September 1898. p. 4. Retrieved 23 January 2012.

[Peerage_Matthew_Blakiston,_2nd_Bt-3] "Sir Matthew Blakiston, 2nd Bt". The Peerage. Retrieved 23 January 2012.^{[unreliable source]}

[4] Blanchard, Henry Pudham (June 1883). "Blanchard, Henry Pudham, fl 1883 :Part of rural section no 101". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 13 September 2012.

[5] "Marriages". Lyttelton Times. Vol. X, no. 614. 25 September 1858. p. 4. Retrieved 23 January 2012.

[Te_Ara_Tripp-6] McLintock, A. H., ed. (22 April 2009) [1966]. "TRIPP, Charles George". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage / Te Manatū Taonga. Retrieved 12 January 2012.

[Scholefield_1950-7] Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer. p. 74.

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