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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

Mr. Edmond Spencer

Mr. Edmond Spencer was born in Hewessfield Parish, Gloucestershire, in 1828, and educated at St. Bravel's in the Forest of Dean. He was brought up as a farmer, and was engaged in agricultural pursuits for many years. Before coming to New Zealand he leased farms respectively from the Duke of Beaufort and from Mr. W. H. Peel, cousin of the celebrated Sir Robert Peel. He arrived in Victoria in 1861, and after two years in Melbourne Mr. Spencer came to this Colony and settled in Canterbury. For some time he was employed by Mr. E. Mitchell, auctioneer, in Christchurch, and for seventeen years managed Mr. E. Reece's farm at Bottle Lake, which he successfully transformed from a wilderness into a state of cultivation. Mr. Spencer bought the first portion of his farm at the Styx in 1871, and has since increased his area to 2000 acres in all, 900 of which is freehold. Mr. Spencer has resided in Spencer Road, Papanui, since 1884, and has been a member of the Avon Road Board and of the Belfast School Committee. He was married in 1849 to a daughter of Mr. John Pritchard, of Hewessfield, and has four sons and five daughters.

Wrigglesworth and Binns, photo. Mr. E. Spencer.

Wrigglesworth and Binns, photo.
Mr. E. Spencer.