Leslie Harling MCHARDY (1863 – 1927)
Name
Leslie Harling McHardyGender
MaleBirthdate
29 June 1863Birthplace
NapierMarriage(s)
1891
Date of death
26 November 1927Place of death
WaipawaParents
- Alexander McHardy
- Anne McHardy
Partner(s)
- Mary Ann McHardy, nee McKenzie (1872-1/9/1959)
Children
- Alexander (Alec) Percy McHardy (1892-1966)
- Alice Treve Price
- Louis McHardy (born 1904)
Biography
Sheepfarmer at Blackhead Station
Built a ‘city residence’ on Napier Hill, 1890s which was eventually used as a nursing home for returned soldiers, 1917
The property was gifted to the Napier Hospital Board for a maternity home and midwifery school, known as the ‘McHardy Home’.
In the 1990s it was restored back into a stately private residence.
Accession number
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