John Evans Brown was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in New Zealand. Born in Pennsylvania, he came to New Zealand after spending time in Australia, where he was a farmer and US Consul. He farmed i
John Thomas Peacock MLC JP was a New Zealand businessman, philanthropist and politician. He came to Canterbury in 1844, several years before organised settlement started.
John Evans Brown
…1884 general election. His son William Vance Brown (b. 1864) was one of the first Lincoln College students. He managed the Wai-iti run for his uncle John Thomas Peacock. His second daughter Kate (Katy) Elizabeth Brown was born on 4 September 1867. His daughter Maria Theresa later married Reverend H. Fields. Hubert Evans…
John Thomas Peacock
Hawkesbury residence in 1905
The Peacock Mausoleum at Linwood Cemetery
Rockfall in Peacock's Gallop reserve caused by the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake.