Crosbie Ward

Ward was born in Killinchy in County Down, Ireland, in 1832. His father was Rev. Henry Ward.{{DNZB|Rice|Geoffrey W. |1w6|Ward, Crosbie|11 April 2013||Geoffrey Rice}} His paternal grandfather was Edward Ward (1753–1812), who was a member of the Irish House of Commons for 14 years.{{cite book |title=The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Wellington Provincial District |year=1897 |url= http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc01Cycl-t1-body-d3-d9-d14.html#name-209564-mention |publisher=The Cyclopedia of New Zealand |author=Cyclopedia Company Limited |access-date= 6 December 2019 |location=Wellington |chapter=Mr. Crosbie Ward}} His grandfather's father-in-law was William Crosbie, 1st Earl of Glandore (1716–1781); from this part of the family came Crosbie Ward's given name. Ward received his education at Castletown, Isle of Man and at Trinity College Dublin.

Two elder (Edward and Henry) and one younger brother (Hamilton) were encouraged by their father to join the emigration to Canterbury in New Zealand. They travelled to Lyttelton on the Charlotte Jane, one of the First Four Ships to arrive in December 1850. They chose Quail Island in Lyttelton Harbour as their farm settlement, but the two elder brothers drowned in June 1851. Hamilton Ward, who had just turned 16, was taken in by Charlotte Godley, the wife of the founder of Canterbury, John Robert Godley. She wrote to the Ward family in Ireland, requesting that somebody come out to take care of Hamilton.{{cite book |last1=Jackson |first1=Peter |title=Ōtamahua – Quail Island: a link with the past |date=2006 |publisher=Ōtamahua/Quail Island Trust |location=Christchurch |isbn=0478140797 |pages=17–20 |edition=2nd}} Crosbie Ward was sent out; he arrived on the Stag on 17 May 1852. They found Quail Island uneconomic to farm and bought land north of Rangiora instead. The two brothers bought part of the Racecourse Hill run near Darfield; this was managed by Hamilton Ward.{{cite book |last=Acland |first=Leopold George Dyke |title=The Early Canterbury Runs: Containing the First, Second and Third (new) Series| url = http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-AclEarl-t1-body-d2-d7.html |year=1946 |publisher=Whitcombe and Tombs Limited |location=Christchurch |pages=29–31 |access-date=6 December 2019 |chapter=Racecourse Hill (Runs 49, 65, and later 50)}}

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He represented the Town of Lyttelton electorate from {{By-election link year|Town of Lyttelton|1858}} to 1866. He was a cabinet minister, Postmaster-General and Secretary for Crown Lands. He then represented the Avon electorate from {{NZ election link year|1866}} to 1867, when he resigned. He was a prominent Christchurch journalist, editing the Lyttelton Times.{{cite book |last= Wilson |first= James Oakley |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 |edition= 4th |orig-year= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher= V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |oclc=154283103 |page=243}}

On 13 January 1857, he married Margaret (Maggie) Townsend of Rangiora. Their only child was Harriett Louise Frances Ward. He died on 10 November 1867 in London. On 18 September 1868, his widow married John George Cooke at Holy Trinity Church in New Plymouth.{{cite news |title=Marriage |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=TH18681003.2.5 |access-date=19 February 2016 |work=Taranaki Herald |volume=XVI |issue=845 |date=3 October 1868 |page=2}}

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