Sir George Seymour was built in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England in 1844, by the Somes Brothers. She made one voyage transporting convicts to Australia and at least one carrying emigrants to Austral
Ship Sir George Seymour sailing down the Channel with other shipping with the coast in the background. W.T. Howard, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
John Watts-Russell
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John Charles Watts-Russell JP was a 19th-century New Zealand politician, a member of the Canterbury Provincial Council and a member of the Legislative Council. He was supposedly the wealthiest of the
Sir George Seymour (1844 ship)
…Elizabeth Watts-Russell (1833–1905), community leader and wife of John Watts-Russell John Watts-Russell (1825–1875), politician and runholder In 1865, Sir George Seymour underwent repairs for damages. At the time her master was M'Ewen, her owner Higgins…
Ilam Hall circa 1880
Watts-Russell's 1856 cottage (ca. 1900)
Ilam, home of John Watts-Russell, Christchurch, New Zealand, c. 1900
ChristChurch Cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand