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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

Mr. Charles Ensor

Mr. Charles Ensor, who was first Chairman of Directors of the New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Association of Canterbury, Ltd., was born at Rollesby, Norfolk, England, in 1842, was educated at Embury College; and came to Lyttelton in the ship “William Miles” in 1861. He took up the “Rollesby” station at Burke's Pass, which he worked for ten years. Mr. Ensor afterwards removed to Blackburn, where he owned Mount Grey station of 12,000 acres. For some years he was chairman of the Mount Grey Road Board, and for nine years occupied a similar position on the Kowai Road Board. He was interested in cricket, and was for some years president of the Ashley County Cricket Association. In connection with the Agricultural and Pastoral Association, of which he was a member for many years, Mr. Ensor had been a judge of sheep at various shows. He was also a member of the Chamber of Commerce and vice-chairman of directors of the Farmers' Co-operative Insurance Association. Mr. Ensor was married in 1872 to a daughter of Mr. R. Valentyne Leach, of Devizes Castle, Wiltshire, England, and had three sons and two daughters. He died on the 22nd of February, 1901.