Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1905, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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The Hon. Alfred Rowland Chetham Strode was called to the Legislative Council in 1865, and sat as a member for three years. He was a native of Somersetshire, England, and a son of Sir Edward Chetham Strode. In the early days of the colony he arrived in the Norht Island, where he took part in the Maori war during 1846–47. Subsequently he became clerk to the Bench in Wellington, and was afterwards appointed first resident magistrate for Otago. On the 20th of April, 1848, he arrived in Dunedin by the schooner “Perseverance,” shortly after the arrival of the first immigrants. Mr. Strode filled many offices during his long connection with the province of Otago. He was the first commissioner appointed when gold was discovered, and he was also sheriff of the province at one time. After about thirty years of service, he retired on a pension, and resided in London, where he died on the 13th of May, 1890, aged sixty-seven years.