Mr. William Peter Cross, Proprietor of “Burnham Grange,” is one of the earliest settlers in the district of Burnham. He arrived in Lyttelton, by the ship “Laucashire Witch,” in 1868, and spent the three page 779 following years in farming at Brookside. In 1871 he went to live at Burnham, where he had just previously bought property. Mr. Cross was married, in 1890, to Miss Margaret Johnston, formerly of Donegal, Ireland. He is a member of the Courtenay branch of the Canterbury Farmers' Union.