Robert Heaton Rhodes
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Robert Heaton Rhodes was a New Zealand politician who represented the Akaroa electorate from 1871 to 1874, when he resigned. He was elected unopposed in 1871.
Robert Heaton Rhodes in the 1860s
William Barnard Rhodes
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William Barnard Rhodes, casually referred to as Barney Rhodes, was a New Zealand landowner, pastoralist, businessman and politician. He was probably born in Lincolnshire, England, but took up a career
Robert Heaton Rhodes
…when he resigned. He was elected unopposed in 1871. Born in 1815 in Rotherham, in the English county of Yorkshire, he followed his brothers, including William Barnard Rhodes, to New Zealand in 1850, having worked in Australia. He lived at Purau and managed properties on Banks Peninsula belonging to the Rhodes brothers. He…
William Barnard Rhodes, circa 1870s
Rhodes' house, The Grange
Rhodes, his first wife Sarah King, and their adopted daughter Mary Ann.