Frank Mappin

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Sir Frank Crossley Mappin, 6th Baronet (15 August 1884 – 25 January 1975) was a New Zealand orchardist, horticulturist and philanthropist. He was born in Scampton, Lincolnshire, England on 15 August 1884.{{DNZB|Stacpoole|John|authorlink=John Stacpoole|4m37|Frank Crossley Mappin}}

He and his wife donated their Auckland home, which they had called Birchlands, to the New Zealand government to be used as Government House.

Businessman Sir Rob Fenwick was his grandson.{{cite news |title=Rob Fenwick: Giving Earth |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=222485 |accessdate=27 June 2015 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=12 October 2001}}

Arms

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|escutcheon = Azure on a bend engrailed between two boars' heads erased Argent three lozenges of the field.

|crest = A boar Sable charged with a pale Or and resting the dexter fore-foot upon a spur fesswise also Or.

|motto = Cor Forte Calcar Non Requirit {{cite book|title=Burke's Peerage |date=1949}}}}

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Category:1884 births

Category:1975 deaths

Category:New Zealand horticulturists

Category:New Zealand philanthropists

Category:English emigrants to New Zealand

Category:New Zealand orchardists

Category:People from Scampton

Category:20th-century New Zealand philanthropists

Category:Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom

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