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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

Mr. William Prudhoe

Mr. William Prudhoe, J.P., who occupied the Mayoral chair in 1892, hails from Sunderland, England, where he was born in 1832. Mr. Prudhoe was educated at the ordinary public schools, and was brought up to the building trade, being apprenticed to Mr. J. Tone, a leading builder in his native town. Arriving in Lyttelton in 1859 by the ship “Regina,” he commenced business on his own account, and has erected a great many buildings in Christchurch and suburbs, including Voker's Hotel, the Jewish Synagogue, the first section of the Canterbury Museum, and the Kaiapoi Public School. Mr. Prudhoe was first elected to the City Council in 1882 by the ratepayers of Northwest Ward, and has sat in the Council continuously with the exception of a few months after vacating the mayoral chair. He has long been a member of the Ashburton and North Canterbury Charitable Aid Board, and for about five years held a seat on the Christchurch Hospital Board. Mr. Prudhoe is a past grand master of the Orange Order for the Middle Island, attached to No. 3 Lodge of “Orange True Blues.” He was initiated in the Oddfellows' Order before leaving England, but is unattached in the Colony. Mr. Prudhoe was married in 1855 to a daughter of Mr. Cumberland Adamson, of Sunderland, and has two sons and one daughter.

Standish and Preece, photo.Mr. W. Prudhoe.

Standish and Preece, photo.
Mr. W. Prudhoe.