Alfred Buckland (17 December 1825 – 12 June 1903) was a New Zealand landowner, auctioneer, farmer, pastoralist and businessman. His house, Highwic, is registered by Heritage New Zealand as a Category I structure, with registration number 18.[1]
Family
editBuckland was born in Newton Abbot, Devonshire, England on 17 December 1825.[2] His mother was Elizabeth (née Mortimore) and his father was the broker John Buckland. William Buckland was an elder brother who had arrived in Auckland in 1841 via Adelaide.[2][3] Frank Buckland and John Buckland were his nephews.[4] Their sister (his niece), the artist Bessie Hocken, was married to Thomas Hocken.[5]
Arrival in New Zealand
editLife in New Zealand
editBuckland supplied horses to the British troops during the New Zealand Wars and along with James Banks, Thomas Morrin and then-Mayor of Auckland J. McCocsh Clark sold off a piece of land near Ellerslie Racecourse to the Auckland Agricultural and Pastoral Association.[6] In the 1880s, Buckland bought extensive lands around on the South Kaipara Head, where he established a cattle run.[7] He was later President of the association in 1883 and 1886.[6] Alfred died aged 77 on 12 June 1903. He was regarded as "highly esteemed" and in Wellington was reported as "the well-known auctioneer".[6]
References
edit- ↑ "Highwic". New Zealand Heritage List/Rārangi Kōrero. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
- 1 2 Stacpoole, John. "Alfred Buckland". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
- ↑ "Untitled". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. XIII, no. 4424. 18 January 1876. p. 2. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- ↑ Scholefield, Guy, ed. (1940). A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : A–L (PDF). Vol. I. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs. p. 114. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ↑ "Hocken, Elizabeth Mary, 1848–1933". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 Jan Harris (1996). Sweet Villa of Highwic - The Story of Highwic and the Buckland Family. ISBN 0-908577-32-X. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- ↑ Cameron, Ewen; Hayward, Bruce; Murdoch, Graeme (2008). A Field Guide to Auckland: Exploring the Region's Natural and Historical Heritage (rev. ed.). Random House New Zealand. p. 131. ISBN 978-1-86962-1513.
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