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RegistrationBride's Given Name(s)Bride's Family NameGroom's Given Name(s)Groom's Family Name
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Frances Ellen Talbot Charles Dudley Robert Ward Order Product
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Frances Ellen Talbot Charles Dudley Robert Ward
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Ward Charles Dudley Robert 182786YOrder Product
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Ward Charles Dudley Robert 1827 86Y
Gisborne Photo News (1954-1975, 1993–1996)Charles Dudley Robert Ward        🔍 ASH

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Hawke's Bay Knowledge Bank Who's WhoCharles Dudley Robert Ward        🔍 ASH

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Nelson Photo News (1960-1972)Charles Dudley Robert Ward        🔍 ASH

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Tributes Online (obituaries)Charles Dudley Robert Ward        🔍 ASH

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Whanganui Council Property RollsWard, Charles Dudley Robert        🔍 ASH

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Te Papa Collections - PeopleCharles Dudley Robert Ward        🔍 ASH

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Name Birth Death Died at Gender
Judge Charles Dudley Robert Ward 9 July 1827 30 August 1913 Dunedin Male
Judge Charles Dudley Robert Ward 9 July 1827 30 August 1913 Dunedin Male
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Surname Forename Address Event Place Date
WARDCharles Dudley RobertWellington Otago19 Feb 1864
WARDCharles Robert DudleyPark st Dunedin & Suburbs & Districts1870-71
WARD Charles Dudley Robert Wellington Otago 19 Feb 1864
WARD Charles Robert Dudley Park st Dunedin & Suburbs & Districts 1870-71
NZ Presbyterian MarriagesCharles Dudley Robert Ward        🔍 ASH
Shadows of TimeCharles Dudley Robert Ward        🔍 ASH
Our Stuff - Denise & Peter's NZ history siteCharles Dudley Robert Ward        🔍 ASH

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Officer H. M. Customs Ward Charles Dudley Robert Wellington Tce Ward Edward Wellington Mariner Warmoll John Lambton Quay Storekeeper Warren John Henry Lambton Quay Bookbinder
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Officer H. M. Customs Ward Charles Dudley Robert Thordon Flat Barrister at Law Ward Edward Wellington Mariner Warren John Henry Lambton Quay Book binder Waters George Willis St
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Kemmis Lambton Qu Ward Charles Dudley Robert Hawkstone St Ward Charles Taranaki St Ward Edward Taranaki St Warmoll John Courtenay Pl Wassell Edward Tinakori Rd Waters George Dixon
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Officer of Customs Ward Charles Dudley Robert Thorndon Flat Barrister at Law Ward James Town Belt Labourer Waters George Dickson St Storekeeper Waters Thomas Hill St Merchant
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Brookly Omaka Marlborough Ward Charles Dudley Robert Wellington Wardell Herbert Samuel Wairarapa Wellington Waters Thomas Wanganui Watson John Akaroa Canterbury Watt Isaac Newton
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Joseph Omaka,Marlborough Ward Charles Dudley Robert Wellington Wardell Herbert Samuel Wairarapa, Wellington Waters Thomas Wanganui Watson John Akaroa Watt Isaac Newton Dunedin
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Thomas Smith Lizzie Ward Charles Dudley Robert Mrs A Copyright Denise & Peter 2002 - 2009 Reference: Wellington Independent October 4th 1863 RootsWeb is funded and supported by
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Sooty NZ (NZ history and genealogical information)Charles Dudley Robert Ward        🔍 ASH
NZ Genealogy Research Made EasyCharles Dudley Robert Ward        🔍 ASH
Transcriptions NZCharles Dudley Robert Ward        🔍 ASH

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Burwood.All.Saints.churchyard
March 1981, age 98. wife of Joseph. photo 299 WARD - Charles Dudley Robert, d. 31 August 1913, photo 300 WARD - Anne, d. 31 May 1896, wife of Charles Dudley Robert, photo 300
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Alexander Turnbull LibraryWard, Charles Dudley Robert        🔍 ASH

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DigitalNZCharles Dudley Robert Ward        🔍 ASH

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Macdonald Dictionary Record: Charles Dudley Robert Ward One record, handwritten in ink on rectangular card, with biographical information for Charles Dudley Robert Ward. Written by George Ranald Macdonald for the Macdonald Dictionary of Canterbury Biography project, 1952-1964. George Ranald Macdonald Canterbury Museum / Canterbury Museum
Inward letters - Surnames, War - War Correspondents: Abraham Warbrick, Auckland & Tauranga, 1844, 1860-1876 (15 letters); C D R Ward, Wellington & Dunedin, 1864, 1876 & undated (4 letters); Robert Ward, Rangitikei, 1869 & 1871 (2 letters) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Not specified TAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library
Judge Ward The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts] - His Honour Charles Dudley Robert Ward - Judge Ward. Cyclopedia Company Limited New Zealand Electronic Text Collection / Victoria University of Wellington
His Honour Charles Dudley Robert Ward - The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts] His Honour Charles Dudley Robert Ward , District Court Judge in Otago, is the eldest son of Sir Henry George Ward, G.C.M.G., of Gilston Park, Herts, who died in the year 1860, as Governor of Madras. Mr. Ward was educated at Rugby and at Wadham College, Oxford. After studying law at the Inner Temple he was called to the Bar in 1853, and arrived ... Cyclopedia Company Limited New Zealand Electronic Text Collection / Victoria University of Wellington
Judge Ward : an ’infamous’ New Zealand colonist and his two celebrity wives "Three fascinating figures from Victorian New Zealand are portrayed in this study... Dudley Ward was an early MP, becoming a controversial Judge who presided over a number of sensational cases in the courts ... his first wife, Anne, was the first president of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and helped women get the vote in 1893 .... Thorp... Adams, Geoffrey T. (Geoffrey Thomas), 1933- South Canterbury Museum / South Canterbury Museum
Macdonald Dictionary Record: Charles Dudley Robert Ward One record, handwritten in ink on rectangular card, with biographical information for Charles Dudley Robert Ward. Written by George Ranald Macdonald for the Macdonald Dictionary of Canterbury Biography project, 1952-1964. George Ranald Macdonald Canterbury Museum / Canterbury Museum
Inward letters - Surnames, War - War Correspondents: Abraham Warbrick, Auckland & Tauranga, 1844, 1860-1876 (15 letters); C D R Ward, Wellington & Dunedin, 1864, 1876 & undated (4 letters); Robert Ward, Rangitikei, 1869 & 1871 (2 letters) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Not specified TAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library
Judge Ward The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts] - His Honour Charles Dudley Robert Ward - Judge Ward. Cyclopedia Company Limited New Zealand Electronic Text Collection / Victoria University of Wellington
His Honour Charles Dudley Robert Ward - The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts] His Honour Charles Dudley Robert Ward , District Court Judge in Otago, is the eldest son of Sir Henry George Ward, G.C.M.G., of Gilston Park, Herts, who died in the year 1860, as Governor of Madras. Mr. Ward was educated at Rugby and at Wadham College, Oxford. After studying law at the Inner Temple he was called to the Bar in 1853, and arrived ... Cyclopedia Company Limited New Zealand Electronic Text Collection / Victoria University of Wellington
Judge Ward : an ’infamous’ New Zealand colonist and his two celebrity wives "Three fascinating figures from Victorian New Zealand are portrayed in this study... Dudley Ward was an early MP, becoming a controversial Judge who presided over a number of sensational cases in the courts ... his first wife, Anne, was the first president of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and helped women get the vote in 1893 .... Thorp... Adams, Geoffrey T. (Geoffrey Thomas), 1933- South Canterbury Museum / South Canterbury Museum
Legacy.com NZ ObituariesCharles Dudley Robert Ward        🔍 ASH
Auckland Museum Online CenotaphCharles Dudley Robert Ward        🔍 ASH

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New ZealandCharles Dudley Robert Ward        🔍 ASH
Find A Grave (NZ cemeteries)Charles Dudley Robert Ward        🔍 ASH

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Name Born Died Cemetery Cemetery location Region
Charles Dudley Robert Ward 6 Jul 1827 🔍 31 Aug 1913 🔍 📰 All Saints Church Cemetery Burwood, Christchurch City Canterbury
Charles Dudley Robert Ward 6 Jul 1827 🔍 31 Aug 1913 🔍 📰 All Saints Church Cemetery Burwood, Christchurch City Canterbury
Kura Heritage Collections (Auckland)Charles Dudley Robert Ward        🔍 ASH
Upper Hutt City Libraries Heritage CollectionsCharles Dudley Robert Ward        🔍 ASH
NZ Electronic Text CentreCharles Dudley Robert Ward        🔍 ASH
Archives NZCharles Dudley Robert Ward        🔍 ASH

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Justice Department  >  Inwards letters and registered files

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From: Governor Date: 7 March 1893 Subject: Appointing Charles Dudley Robert Ward to be District Judge, Supreme Court [This item is part of a larger record. To order this document please use the record number in the Additional Archives Description field below] 1893 Wellington Open
From: Charles Dudley Robert Ward, Wellington Date: 19 July 1870 Subject: Acknowledging appointment as Deputy District Judge Hokitika etc - Claims allowance for expenses of removal to Dunedin and back
[Further papers relative to appointment, salary, leaves of absence - Judge Chapman, Charles Dudley Robert Ward and also letter from Wilson Gray (Dunedin), declining appointmnet of Judge of the Supreme Court]
1867 ‑ 1870 Wellington Open
From: Governor, Wellington Date: 18 February 1889 Subject: Appointing Charles Dudley Robert Ward to be District Judge for districts of Ashburton, Timaru, and Oamaru, Otago Gold Fields, Western Otago [This item is part of a larger record. To order this document please use the record number in the Additional Archives Description field below] 1889 Wellington Open
From: Registrar Supreme Court, Wellington Date: 21 January 1864 Subject: With oaths taken by Charles Dudley Robert Ward Justice of the Peace 1864 Wellington Open
From: Governor Date: 31 July 1893 Subject: Appointing Charles Dudley Robert Ward to be District Judge, Westland 1893 Wellington Open
From: Governor Date: 3 July 1893 Subject: Appointing Charles Dudley Robert Ward to be District Judge, Ashburton, etc [This item is part of a larger record. To order this document please use the record number in the Additional Archives Description field below] 1893 Wellington Open
From: Governor, Wellington Date: 18 May 1895 Subject: Appointing Charles Dudley Robert Ward to be District Judge for District Court of Western Otago 1895 Wellington Open
From: Governor, Wellington Date: 5 May 1891 Subject: Appointing Charles Dudley Robert Ward to be District Judge for the Westland District [This item is part of a larger record. To order this document please use the record number in the Additional Archives Description field below] 1891 Wellington Open
[From: Governor Date: 29 September 1886 Subject: Appointing Charles Dudley Robert Ward to be Judge of Supreme Court] [This item is part of a larger record. To order this document please use the record number in the Additional Archives Description field below] 1886 ‑ 1887 Wellington Open
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Masterton Anglican HistoryCharles Dudley Robert Ward        🔍 ASH
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Canterbury Museum Collections - PeopleCharles Dudley Robert Ward        🔍 ASH

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Name Born Died Place of birth Place of death Nationality
Ward, Charles Dudley Robert
b.1827
d.1913
Ward, Charles Dudley Robert
b.1827
d.1913
Lower Hutt MyRecollectCharles Dudley Robert Ward        🔍 ASH
Dictionary of NZ Biography (Scholefield, 1940)Charles Dudley Robert Ward        🔍 ASH

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Source: A Dictionary of NZ Biography, by Scholefield (1940), from NZ History / CC BY-NC 3.0 NZ

NameBiographyReference
Charles Dudley Robert Ward

WARD, CHARLES DUDLEY ROBERT (1827-1913) was born at Gilston Park, Hertfordshire, the eldest son of Sir Henry George Ward, who became governor of Madras. He was educated at Rugby and at Wadham College, Oxford, called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1853, and in 1854 emigrated to New Zealand. In the following year he was elected member for the Wellington County district in the House of Representatives (retired 1858), and in 1857 was appointed chairman of the courts of sessions of the peace for Wellington, and presiding judge of the magistrate's courts for Hawkes Bay, Wairarapa and Wanganui. Subsequently he was appointed resident magistrate for Wellington (1864); district judge for Wellington, Wanganui, Marlborough and Hawkes Bay (1866); acting Supreme Court judge at Dunedin (1868); district judge for Westland, Southland and Otago (1869), and acting Supreme Court judge at Auckland (1886), Christchurch (1887), and Dunedin (1894). Ward declined a permanent appointment on the Supreme Court bench in 1896. He retired in 1906, and served for a time as chairman of the railway board of appeal. His death occurred on 30 Aug 1913.

Cycl. N.Z., iv (p); Who's Who N.Z., 1908; Otago Daily Times, 1 Sep 1913, 2 May 1914.

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Charles Dudley Robert Ward

WARD, CHARLES DUDLEY ROBERT (1827-1913) was born at Gilston Park, Hertfordshire, the eldest son of Sir Henry George Ward, who became governor of Madras. He was educated at Rugby and at Wadham College, Oxford, called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1853, and in 1854 emigrated to New Zealand. In the following year he was elected member for the Wellington County district in the House of Representatives (retired 1858), and in 1857 was appointed chairman of the courts of sessions of the peace for Wellington, and presiding judge of the magistrate's courts for Hawkes Bay, Wairarapa and Wanganui. Subsequently he was appointed resident magistrate for Wellington (1864); district judge for Wellington, Wanganui, Marlborough and Hawkes Bay (1866); acting Supreme Court judge at Dunedin (1868); district judge for Westland, Southland and Otago (1869), and acting Supreme Court judge at Auckland (1886), Christchurch (1887), and Dunedin (1894). Ward declined a permanent appointment on the Supreme Court bench in 1896. He retired in 1906, and served for a time as chairman of the railway board of appeal. His death occurred on 30 Aug 1913.

Cycl. N.Z., iv (p); Who's Who N.Z., 1908; Otago Daily Times, 1 Sep 1913, 2 May 1914.

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NZ War GravesCharles Dudley Robert Ward        🔍 ASH
Wellington City Council ArchivesCharles Dudley Robert Ward        🔍 ASH
Masterton Library Wairarapa ArchiveCharles Dudley Robert Ward        🔍 ASH
NZSG Kiwi Collection (non-member records)Charles Dudley Robert Ward        🔍 ASH

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WARD, Charles Dudley Robert 🔍
1913 NZ Probates
WARD, Charles Dudley Robert 🔍
19 Sep 1913 NZ Probates
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Discover EverAfter (NZ Cemeteries)Charles Dudley Robert Ward        🔍 ASH

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Wikidata People (New Zealanders)Charles Dudley Robert Ward        🔍 ASH

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Dudley Ward Judge, Member of Parliament (1827-1913)
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Caversham Project Trades Database (1894-1939)Charles Dudley Robert Ward        🔍 ASH

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Nurse Registrations, 1902-1931Charles Dudley Robert Ward        🔍 ASH

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BillionGraves (NZ cemeteries)Charles Dudley Robert Ward        🔍 ASH

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Charles Dudley Robert Ward 31 Aug 1913 🔍 📰 All Saints Anglican Church Graveyard, Burwood Canterbury
Charles Dudley Robert Ward 31 Aug 1913 🔍 📰 All Saints Anglican Church Graveyard, Burwood Canterbury