William Daldy

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William Crush Daldy (1816 – 5 October 1903) was a 19th-century captain and New Zealand politician.

Biography[]

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

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]

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[7] 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.[8]

In April 1864 the Daldy family sailed to London[9] 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.[10] Walter Combes died in 1870.[11]

Captain Daldy was the first chairman of the Auckland Harbour Board from 1871.[12] 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.[13] She died on 3 December 1877.[14] They had 4 children, Frances Catherine Wrigley (25 April 1842[1]-19 June 1879),[15] Maryanne Maria Mee Davies (7 August 1848 – 24 June 1926),[16] Edith Crush Daldy (1850[1]-6 February 1924)[17] and William Crush Daldy Jr (14 February 1852[1]-1934).[18]

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.[19]

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.[20] He was buried at Purewa Cemetery.[21]

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References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: 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. ^ Jump up to: 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. ^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
  8. ^ "CAPTAIN W.C. DALDY. NEW ZEALAND HERALD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 2 July 1881. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  9. ^ "PORT OF AUCKLAND, DAILY SOUTHERN CROSS". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 4 April 1864. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  10. ^ "PORT OF AUCKLAND. DAILY SOUTHERN CROSS". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 28 March 1866. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  11. ^ "LOCAL EPITOME. NEW ZEALAND HERALD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 4 June 1870. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  12. ^ Reed, A.W. (1955). Auckland : City of the Seas. Wellington: A.H. & A.W. Reed. p. 110.
  13. ^ "Family Notices". Courier (Hobart, Tas. : 1840 – 1859). 27 April 1841. p. 2. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  14. ^ "AUCKLAND STAR". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 3 December 1877. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  15. ^ "DEATHS. NEW ZEALAND HERALD". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 23 June 1879. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  16. ^ "Maryanne Maria Mee Davies". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  17. ^ "OBITUARY. AUCKLAND STAR". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 9 February 1924. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  18. ^ "OBITUARY New Zealand Herald". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 11 April 1934. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  19. ^ Taonga, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu. "Daldy, Amey". teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  20. ^ "DEATH OF CAPTAIN DALDY, New Zealand Herald". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 21 October 1903. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  21. ^ "Notable Graves | Purewa Cemetery". Retrieved 29 April 2019.
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