William Daldy

Captain
William Daldy
William Daldy (right) with wife Amey Daldy
Member of Parliament
In office
2nd New Zealand Parliament
In office
1855–1860
ConstituencyCity of Auckland
Inaugural Chairman of the Auckland Harbour Board
In office
1871–1877
Member of the Auckland Provincial Council
In office
1857, 1861–1864
Personal details
Born
William Crush Daldy

1816
Rainham, Essex, England
Died (aged 86–87)
Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand
Resting placePurewa Cemetery
Political partyIndependent
Spouse
Frances Harriet Pulham
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(m. 1841; died 1877)​
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(m. 1880)​
Military service
Branch/serviceAuckland Naval Volunteers
Years of service1863–1864
RankSenior Captain
Battles/warsInvasion of the Waikato

William Crush Daldy (1816 – 5 October 1903) was a captain and New Zealand politician.

Biography

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Daldy was born on 20 April 1816 in Rainham,[1] Essex, England.[2] He started going to sea aged 16 on the Mayflower, a ship belonging to his father Samuel Rootsey Daldy,[3] an Ilford coal merchant.[4] His seafaring first brought him to Auckland in July 1841.[5]

On 10 December 1840 he sailed from Liverpool in his schooner Shamrock, arriving in Auckland in July 1841, but remained a seafarer. In 1847 he started timber milling near Auckland. From 1849 he was a partner in the shipping firm Combes and Daldy.[5] He was a shareholder of Auckland Timber Co and his son, W C Daldy Jr., was its secretary.[6]

In April 1864 the Daldy family sailed to London[7] and in 1865 he became the English agent for the Province.[5] They returned on Combes and Daldy's ship, Queen of the North, in 1866.[8] Walter Combes died in 1870.[9]

Captain Daldy was the first chairman of the Auckland Harbour Board from 1871.[10] He was also a Justice of the Peace, Auckland Chamber of Commerce council member, Bank of New Zealand auditor, Auckland City Council member, New Zealand Insurance Co. director and volunteer fire brigade captain.[5]

On 22 April 1841 Daldy married Frances Harriet Pulham, in Launceston.[11] She died on 3 December 1877.[12] They had 4 children, Frances Catherine Wrigley (25 April 1842[1]-19 June 1879),[13] Maryanne Maria Mee Davies (7 August 1848 – 24 June 1926),[14] Edith Crush Daldy (1850[1]-6 February 1924)[15] and William Crush Daldy Jr (14 February 1852[1]-1934).[16]

William married Amey, née Hamerton, on 17 March 1880. Amey was president of Auckland branch of the Women's Franchise League and of the National Council of Women, and William gave a speech saying, "that men were cowards for not extending the franchise to women". Amey died in 1920.[17]

Daldy died in Ponsonby, Auckland, on 5 October 1903.[5] He had been in poor health for some time, before succumbing to pleurisy and dying of heart failure.[18] He was buried at Purewa Cemetery.[19]

Political and military career

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New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1855–1860 2nd City of Auckland Independent

He represented the City of Auckland electorate in the 2nd New Zealand Parliament from 1855 to 1860, when he was defeated. He did not serve in any subsequent Parliaments. He was a minister without portfolio in the government of William Fox, and was also a member of the Auckland Provincial Council[20] in 1857 and from 1861 to 1864. During the invasion of the Waikato in 1863 he was a senior captain of the Auckland Naval Volunteers.[21]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "William Crush Daldy". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Captain William Crush Daldy". W C Daldy Preservation Society. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  3. ^ "DEATH OF CAPTAIN DALDY, New Zealand Herald". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 6 October 1903. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Courier Newspaper Archives, Feb 5, 1816, p. 4". newspaperarchive.com. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d e McLintock, A. H. (22 April 2009) [1966]. "Daldy, William Crush". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  6. ^ "Auckland Timber Company Building (Former)". www.heritage.org.nz. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  7. ^ "PORT OF AUCKLAND, DAILY SOUTHERN CROSS". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 4 April 1864. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  8. ^ "PORT OF AUCKLAND. DAILY SOUTHERN CROSS". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 28 March 1866. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  9. ^ "LOCAL EPITOME. NEW ZEALAND HERALD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 4 June 1870. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  10. ^ Reed, A.W. (1955). Auckland : City of the Seas. Wellington: A.H. & A.W. Reed. p. 110.
  11. ^ "Family Notices". Courier (Hobart, Tas. : 1840 – 1859). 27 April 1841. p. 2. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  12. ^ "AUCKLAND STAR". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 3 December 1877. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  13. ^ "DEATHS. NEW ZEALAND HERALD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 23 June 1879. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  14. ^ "Maryanne Maria Mee Davies". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  15. ^ "OBITUARY. AUCKLAND STAR". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 9 February 1924. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  16. ^ "OBITUARY New Zealand Herald". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 11 April 1934. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  17. ^ Taonga, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu. "Daldy, Amey". teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  18. ^ "DEATH OF CAPTAIN DALDY, New Zealand Herald". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 21 October 1903. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  19. ^ "Notable Graves | Purewa Cemetery". Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  20. ^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
  21. ^ "CAPTAIN W.C. DALDY. NEW ZEALAND HERALD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 2 July 1881. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
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