Cartwright BROWN (1843 – 1923)
Name
Cartwright BrownGender
MaleMilitary identification
Lieutenant, Napier Militia, New Zealand Land Wars, 1863Birthdate
1843Birthplace
Horsham, Sussex, EnglandDate of death
09 January 1923Place of death
HastingsParents
- Thomas Brown
- Charlotte Brown, nee Vardon
Biography
Arrived in New Zealand, 1862
Came to Hawke’s Bay, 1863 to work on Sir George Whitmore’s Station, “Rissington”
Fought at Omarunui during the New Zealand Land Wars, 1863-1866
Received the New Zealand Militia Medal, NZMM
Sheepfarmer at Matapiro Station 1864-1865 before it was sold to Joseph Rhodes, then Walter Shrimpton
Chairman of New Zealand Farmer’s Union, 1908
President of Hawke’s Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society
Settled in Havelock North, 1902
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