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Robert Dickinson DUXFIELD

1862 - 1938  (76 years)

• Name	Robert Dickinson DUXFIELD
  Birth	1862	Willington, Northumberland, England   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Census	02 Apr 1871	Silksworth, Durham, England   [4]
  Degree	1886  [5]
  	Bachelor in Arts, University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
  Graduation	1886	University of Dublin, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland   [5]
  Degree	1889  [5]
  	Master in Arts, University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
  Graduation	1889	University of Dublin, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland   [5]
  Occupation	From 1891 to 1901  [6]
  	School teacher
  Occupation	From 1894 to 1896  [7]
  	Teacher, Whangarei, Northland
  Occupation	From 1896 to 1897  [8]
  	Teacher, Christ's College, Christchurch, Canterbury
  Residence	1896	Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand   [8]
  Occupation	From 1902 to 1910  [7, 8]
  	Farmer, Ngaruawahia, Waikato, New Zealand
  Occupation	From 1904 to 1917  [6]
  	Justice of Peace, Waipa, Waikato
  Occupation	From 1920 to 1938  [7]
  	Farmer, Horotiu, Waikato
  Death	26 Apr 1938	Horotiu, Waikato, New Zealand   [1, 9, 10, 11, 12]
  Burial	27 Apr 1938	Ngaruawahia, Waikato, New Zealand   [1]
  Probate	13 Jun 1938	Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand   [12, 13]
  Person ID	I7501	NZ Genealogy Project | DUXFIELD Descendant
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	John DUXFIELD,   b. 1818, Stannington, Northumberland, England d. 24 Aug 1890, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth DICKINSON,   b. 1828, Coxlodge, Gosforth, Northumberland, England d. 13 Jun 1864, Willington, Northumberland, England (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	19 Nov 1856	Gosforth, Northumberland, England   [14, 15]
  Census	07 Apr 1861	Coxlodge, Gosforth, Northumberland, England   [16]
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  Family ID	F95	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Kathleen Emily CUBITT,   b. 04 Oct 1878, Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand d. 08 Jan 1975, Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand (Age 96 years)
  Marriage	01 Apr 1899	Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand   [1, 17]
  Residence	1911	Ngaruawahia, Waikato, New Zealand   [8]
  Children	1. Harold John Lyttleton DUXFIELD,   b. 23 Jun 1899, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand d. 18 May 1968, Longreach, Queensland, Australia (Age 68 years)   2. Dorothy Kathleen DUXFIELD,   b. 01 Aug 1901, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand d. 13 Dec 1983, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand (Age 82 years) + 3. Robert Cubitt DUXFIELD,   b. 21 May 1903, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand d. 12 May 1977, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 73 years) + 4. Horatio Nelson DUXFIELD [Doug],   b. 08 Dec 1905, Horotiu, Waikato, New Zealand d. 01 Sep 1991, Perth, Western Australia, Australia (Age 85 years) + 5. Edward Kitchener DUXFIELD,   b. 28 Feb 1910, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand d. 10 Feb 1975, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 64 years)   6. Hugh Massey DUXFIELD,   b. 31 Mar 1912, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand d. 29 Oct 1913, Horotiu, Waikato, New Zealand (Age 1 year)
  Family ID	F2558	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1862 - Willington, Northumberland, England Census - 02 Apr 1871 - Silksworth, Durham, England Graduation - 1886 - University of Dublin, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland Graduation - 1889 - University of Dublin, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland Residence - 1896 - Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand Marriage - 01 Apr 1899 - Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand Residence - 1911 - Ngaruawahia, Waikato, New Zealand Death - 26 Apr 1938 - Horotiu, Waikato, New Zealand Burial - 27 Apr 1938 - Ngaruawahia, Waikato, New Zealand Probate - 13 Jun 1938 - Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth
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  NEWS REPORTS THE "DUX" OF THE FIELDS. WHEN the good ship "lonic" brushed against the Wellington wharf one day in the year 1885, she had aboard, a young Northumberlander, who hailed from that city of ship-docks and collieries - Newcastle-on-Tyne. But coal and seacraft had not occupied the boyhood of Robert Dickenson Duxfield, and when he landed in New Zealand his mental baggage was labelled M.A. Duxfield's erudite genius, while at Trinity College, Dublin, had won for him this distinction. The Tyne-side scholar was not sea-Sick on his trip to New Zealand, a lengthy cadetship on a Bombay sailing trader having established his sea-legs as a youngster. For some years after his arrival in New Zealand, Duxfield brought his batteries of intelligence to bear with perspicuous aim upon the craniums of Wanganui and Christ Colleges and Whangarei High School students; he was headmaster of the latter for five years. When his ancestral instincts made the call to the soil greater than the appeal of the birch and blackboard, Duxfield said "cows" - and wheresoever could one choose better country to spank the kine than Waikato; so at Horotiu with his Shorthorns he has been for 28 years. As in his school days, he did things thoroughly and well, and there being no Order of the Shorthorn Academy for his own attainments, he sees to it that, his cattle get their share of whatever honours lay in the filling of the milk-bucket. At the Royal Show at Palmerston North in 1925, the champion Shorthorn milch cow and champion Shorthorn bull belonged to the Duxfield meadows. The honour of being a Justice of the Peace longer than anyone in his district is the one odd feather in the cap of this agriculturist. All the others are the prominent plumage of office plucked from the Auckland Provincial Farmers' Union; the Auckland Farmers' Trading Co.; the N.Z. Farmers' Fertiliser Co., Ltd.; and the N.Z. Farmers' Union, of which he is a life member. As a little respite from milking cows, Duxfield launched out into politics at the last general election, when in the interests of the Country Party he contested the Raglan seat against R. F. Bollard, the present member and Minister of Internal Affairs. Source: NZ Truth on 23 June 1927. Obituary MR. R. D. DUXFIELD. HAMILTON, This Day. Mr. R. D. Duxfield, M.A., J.P., a prominent breeder of Shorthorn cattle and an exhibitor, died at his home at Horotiu this morning. The late Mr. Duxfield was. born at Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, in 1862, and was educated at the Yarmouth Grammar School.; He passed his preliminary law examination, and was articled for one year to a legal firm at Stockton-on-Tees. He later entered Dublin University, and filled various teaching positions. Coming to New Zealand in 1885, he taught at Wanganui College, later going to the Whangarei High School, where he was principal for five years. Also, as a master, he was associated with Christ's College, Christchurch. In1898 he took up farming in. the Waikato, and took a prominent part in farming matters, being connected in an official capacity with the Farmers' Union for many years. Source: Evening Post on 26 April 1938.

  
  

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