william feilden
a treatise on statute law, with appendices containing... / william feilden craies
citing this record:' william feilden mp', legacies of british slave - ownership database, urltoken [ accessed 9th july 2018 ] .
simon clarke wrote to william feilden sept 10 1812, when william feilden was considering purchase of the southfield estate;' i cannot recommend your giving more than £10, 000 for southfield, subject to mrs jackson' s claims supposing it has from 110 to 120 negroes.' simon clarke said that he himself had just bought berkshire for £21, 000 .
charles william feilden hamilton, known as bill, was to achieve international acclaim for his work in developing the modern jet - boat. born on 26 july 1899 at ashwick, a 45, 000 - acre sheep station near fairlie, south canterbury, he was the only son of william feilden hamilton and his wife, cora blakeney (née cannon), who had arrived from england in 1896 to manage ashwick in partnership with william' s widowed sister .
les bloxham.' hamilton, charles william feilden', dictionary of new zealand biography, first published in 1998. te ara - the encyclopedia of new zealand, urltoken (accessed 10 july 2018 )
a treatise on statute law: with appendices containing words and expressions used in statutes which have been judicially or statutably construed, the popular and short titles of certain statutes, and the interpretation act, 1889 / by william feilden ...
the assistance was short - lived. when only a few days at this toilsome employment, william
remained for about two years. william was next found at dublin, where he was employed for
of the great mechanical wonders of modern times. sir william and his brother, sir peter fairbairn ,
last moment william' s father obtained charge of a small farm belonging to a colliery. he was
' there is no need to continue the history of william fairbairn. his business steadily increased, as
south wales, in 1929. the family descended from the hon. william cuninghame, second son of
william the first, who in his old age humiliated the descendants of the man who wore that hair .
one of over 300 drawings of landscapes and enslaved people in jamaica by william berryman, 1808 - 1815 .
later sir william feilden, and mp for blackburn 1832 - 1847. son of joseph feilden (q. v .) and husband of mary haughton nee jackson, the daughter of catherine haughton jackson (q. v .) and edmund jackson. set up in the blackburn cotton industry with his older brothers henry and john. became a merchant, cotton spinner and manufacturer and local pioneer of the factory system. his firm employed 1, 400 hands in 1848. locally prominent and played a leading role in blackburn’s public life. but as an mp made little impression at westminster: the most noteworthy aspect was his shift of allegiance in the 1830s from the whigs to the conservatives. anglican and his son - in - law, the rev. john william whittaker, was vicar of blackburn. one of sir william feilden' s sons, montague feilden, later also mp for blackburn, was named after his maternal grandfather, the slave - owner montague james .
largely used in place of those of stone or brick. indeed, it may be said of william fairbairn that
could do the same. [ william sharon (1821 - 1885) was senator for nevada 1875 - 1881 and
on march 30, 1978, sir charles william fielden (bill) hamilton dies at the age of 78 .
employed, would not allow work to be given to a non - unionist. william fairbairn was, in conse -
in default of issue - male, to his brother, william fitzgerald, esq. and the heirs - male of his body
charles william fielden (bill) hamilton is born on july 26 at ashwick station, south canterbury, new zealand. son of william fielden hamilton and cora blackeney (nee cannon), half - brother to cyril blackeney, brother to leila and catherine (kitty) hamilton .
charles william feilden hamilton was born at ashwick station near fairlie (south island, new zealand) on july 26, 1899. he was educated at waihi school, winchester, and later at christ’s college, christchurch. but it was to ashwick that he owed the education that encouraged his naturally inventive mind. the land provided him with the opportunity to best exploit his unique style of mechanical genius .
william hamilton is named on the queen’s honours list with an order of the british empire (obe). its citation read: “for very valuable service in the field of engineering and especially in the design and construction of the jet - propelled motorboat. ”
steady expansion continued, and in 1948 sir william purchased a 10 hectare site at middleton, christchurch. a 465 square meter factory was constructed for the production of bulldozers, scrapers, excavators and hydraulic machinery. the shift to christchurch allowed the irishman creek workshop to become solely a research and development centre. this provided the opportunity to devote resources to the development of the hamilton waterjet. sir william’s first jetboat was a 3. 6 meter (12 foot) plywood hull with a 100 e ford engine, and the jet a centrifugal type pump. this craft was tested on the irishman creek dam and water race before successfully, if somewhat slowly, travelling up the waitaki river in early 1954. from then on sir william and his team gradually improved the design of the waterjet, adding greater efficiency, power and speed .
the irishman creek workshop also became an important machining and engineering training facility during the second world war. here sir william taught many unskilled men to do high - precision work, with the workshop producing munitions as well as earthmoving equipment. towards the end of the war, sir william was required to make one of the most crucial decisions of his life. the increasing demand for agricultural and earthmoving equipment and machinery presented him with the choice of working within the limitations imposed at irishman creek, or expanding. never one to ignore a challenge, he decided to rent a small works building in bath street, christchurch and match the keen demand for his machines .
in 1954 his dream became a reality, and in the 50 years since the hamilton waterjet has revolutionised the world of conventional boating. a humble man, sir william often claimed that it was not he who invented the waterjet – that honour he attributed to the great mind of archimedes. his greatest achievement was to improve the idea and make it work in the specialised field of boat propulsion .
continual improvements in the waterjet design, particularly the shift to a multi - stage axial flow pumping system, allowed boats to travel to places that had never been accessible before. in 1960, sir william’s son jon was a key member of the colorado river expedition team – the first to travel up through the grand canyon. over the next 20 years other ground - breaking trips were made up the sun kosi (nepal), sepik (papua new guinea), zaire, ganges and amazon rivers, and jetboats became widely used for flood relief, surveying and recreation. before his death in 1978, bill hamilton was recognised for his services to manufacturing with a knighthood. in 1990 he was inducted into the new zealand sports hall of fame, and in 2004 he was inducted into the new zealand business hall of fame .
in 1921 bill hamilton bought the 10, 000 hectare irishman creek station, one of the most notable sheep and cattle runs in the mackenzie country (central otago). here he quickly established his first workshop – forerunner to the hamilton group of companies. his first project was the construction of a two hectare dam for a hydro - electric plant to provide power for the station’s homestead and workshop. conventional earth moving scoops proved inadequate so, in typical hamilton fashion, he invented his own more efficient model. this scoop, the “i. c. excavator”, was used extensively for local contract work, with several more being manufactured and sold in new zealand and britain. essentially a self - taught engineer, sir william spent countless evenings at his drawing board doodling and designing. while he approached problems in an unorthodox way, he always produced machines consistent with the best engineering practices .
' pepperell, massachusetts - when mr. john henry fagge, the occupier of an unpretentious
boston. her father sent for her and explained to her just what the change would mean. she was
delighted for his sake, but showed a little alarm as to her future in another land .
i have only been part of the way through the grammar school ,
she said .
aren' t daughters of
from england to the united states in 1887, when he was 19 years old. the advertisement
described florida as
the land of perpetual flowers .
his father paid the passage and gave him
£5 pocket - money, but florida did not come up to his expectations. after working in a citrus
where i worked as a stable boy and groom .
later he became a hotel clerk and settled in
dover in march to claim a baronetcy, to mrs. murdoch, a wealthy widow, of boston, united
title, he met in the liner mrs. murdoch, a staffordshire woman, daughter of mr. goss, who
founded the goss china works, and widow of a wealthy american manufacturer. the friendship
' a nephew of lady fagge said yesterday :
the wedding took place in st. michael' s church ,
stafford, and was a complete secret. no relatives were present. sir john and my aunt each
have a grown - up daughter. my aunt was very beautiful in her youth and was known as the belle
frier, a charming 27 - year old domestic servant, of newington, kent. she was married very
' practically the whole of the village turned out. they saw the bride, better known to all as
ivy ,
' she was attended by two sisters and a cousin of the bridegroom as bridesmaids. twenty of the
guard of honour outside the church. they cheered sir john and lady fagge as they dashed into
a hired car, which drove them to a reception at the women' s institute .
' john and ivy, as friends call them, have courted for four years. two or three nights a week sir
ages which are not enjoyed by an ordinary artisan in australia. their parents were in extremely
as a mason' s labourer, his scanty earnings proved a welcome addition to the family funds. but
suffered a dire misfortune. by the clumsy management of a companion in carrying a handbarrow ,
purchase of the necessary text books. his attention and abilities attracted the notice of his
engine, while george took a turn at heaving ballast out of the colliery vessels. at the close of
quence, reduced to severe privations, but his spirit was in nowise daunted. becoming
strength of which he married the daughter of a morpeth farmer. with the responsibilities of
himself entering into partnership with a mechanic named lillie as a millwright. the two men had
works of a new cotton - mill for mr. kennedy, partner in the firm of mcconnel and kennedy, then
the largest cotton - spinners in the united kingdom. their success brought further contracts, and
valued at over £2000. large and commodious premises were erected, and contracts for gigantic
fairbairn ,
says dr. chambers ,
lived at a time when the world was startled with the marvels of
of money was so great as to lead to a dissolution of his partnership with mr. lillie. now, he
of the result. he turned his attention to a new branch of engineering, that of iron - shipbuilding .
method of riveting the plates of boilers by machinery, which at once superseded hand - labour .
of their brows, and having to be content with a few shillings a week. [ the statement that both
is less generally due to genius than to indomitable diligence along with integrity of character .
adversely impact upon his life. the following appreciation of his good works appeared in' the
' at the recent entertainment at the st. saviour' s social club, all of whose members are deaf
known all over england. possessed of an abundant fortune, a keen and cultivated intelligence ,
doomed to play a silent part. but his own sore affliction has only stimulated him to devote his
burden of poverty to contend with. and that this work has brought him happiness in far greater
his cheery smile, can doubt. in his philanthropic labor he is ably seconded by his sister, miss
is connected would require a long catalogue. the various offices he fills in them are no
sinecures. they entail a vast amount of correspondence and much travelling. any invention ,
those who dwell in silence receives his prompt attention and support, if good for anything .
in various parts of the country, his audiences being, like himself, mutes. with his fingers he can
and persuasively as many who have a wide reputation for oratory. no important meeting of the
' his home in brighton reveals his many sided culture. beautiful pictures hang on the walls. the
library is well stocked with books. many rare works of art and historic mementoes adorn the
various apartments. travel is one of his passions. he has been all over europe and has visited
the principal cities in the united states. his collections of bric - a - brac are largely the result of
[ i. e. oslo ] or new york. a lock of the great napoleon' s hair, finely framed, accompanied by
little back street in paris for 6 louis. it stands near to an exquisite vase, a gift from emperor
sir arthur' s father who was chairman of the great manchester exhibition of 1862. another large
' sir arthur is now fifty - two years old. he enjoys vigorous health, which may be attributed to
as a sportsman with the rod and gun. cycling is another form of recreation of which he is very
ago, it appears that sir charles committed suicide at a london hotel. the inquest was held a
few days later at st. martin' s town hall, by mr. troutbeck, the westminster enquirer. that
brother, who he last saw alive about a year ago. he had no idea where the deceased had been
resided at the hotel for a week prior to his death. in the evening of december 26th, at about
seven o' clock she heard a noise proceeding from his room. the noise was like the slamming of a
door. she heard a second noise shortly after the first and a third noise a few seconds later .
the room and found that the inner door was locked. she opened it with her master key, and in
the room saw sir charles huddled up in a corner. there was a wound in his head .
stayed there. nothing peculiar had been noticed about him. at about 6. 30 on the evening of
sunday, dec. 26th, witness saw him in the smoking - room, and he then seemed to be all right .
as described. he went into the room himself, and found the deceased with a wound in his head .
deceased. when he arrived sir charles was dead. he had a wound in his head, and there was
blood about. the deceased was sitting in front of the looking - glass when he shot himself. death
was due to a bullet wound. the bullet had flattened against the opposite side of the skull to
which it had entered. to all appearances the wound had been self - inflicted. there appeared to
have been two shots fired. one bullet was found in the head, and another had in all probability
' a letter, identified by mr. alfred edward fairlie - cuninghame [ as ] being in the deceased' s hand -
writing, was produced. it expressed regret to the hotel authorities for any annoyance and
cuninghame might be communicated with. it also gave directions for the handing over of certain
of his personal effects; further, that his body should not be taken to a public mortuary .
sir hussey died following a tractor accident in 1939. the following report appeared in the
glen
the tragic death of sir hussey fairlie - cuninghame, farmer and grazier of keepit. only a few days
ago he returned from a visit to sydney. he was working a tractor hauling pine logs to a sawing
order to go up the bank at a shallow point. on a stump near where the accident occurred are
definite marks of the tractor having struck it. whether this was the cause of the accident is not
the tractor. he was alive when removed but died shortly afterwards. the whole of his right side
was terribly crushed and this was the cause of death. there were slight marks on the head but
these were not of a serious nature. it is not sure what caused the crushing injuries, but it is
apparent that after this happened deceased was freed from the weight of the machine .
tamworth ambulance and dr. raysen were immediately called to the scene of the accident, and
the first earl of glencairn and the baronetcy dates from november 25, 1603. the late sir hussey
was born at mansfield, victoria, and was in his 49th year. he served in the great war as a
gunner and later as a lieutenant in the a. i. f. from 1916 to 1919.'
falconer sat in the irish house of commons for athy between 1791 and 1797 and co. dublin
between 1797 and 1800. after the union, he represented co. dublin from 1801 to 1807, and
period to his existence in a melancholy manner on tuesday last, the 14th instant. ever since
kindness and generosity of the english residents with whom he was acquainted. a rapid
refused to lend him any further assistance. last week he was on the point of being carried to
whom he was already deeply indebted. on tuesday morning, the huissiers and the juge de
fresh writ for a debt of six hundred ducats. he requested them to wait while he dressed; they
him. the judicial authorities, at the instance of mr. hamilton, our minister, were put under
the first families of ireland, has had the most humane attentions paid to her. the body was
allotted to the burial of protestants. this melancholy catastrophe has excited a deep interest
' the belfast news - letter' of 21 february 1861. the report appears to have been reprinted
from the' chicago democrat.' the story would make a good plot for a melodrama .
' in the year 1837 or 38, sir john n. fenwick, of fenwick hall, england, a wealthy nobleman ,
to her husband no dower but her beauty and her love. the wedded pair made the tour of the
wife, were in reality scheming against her and determined upon ruining her. but their
whom sir john had introduced her at venice during the honeymoon. stunned by these terrible
she remained for some time, on the very brink of the grave. her only friend, during this sad
near fenwick hall, and who had seen lady clara often enough to love her. he nursed her
steps to obtain a divorce from her, and that captain o' neil was her only friend, she consented .
they went to galway, ireland, where they were married privately, and took up their residence .
hers named somerville, who resided there as a wealthy planter. without any misfortune, our
he fell in love, and in whose society he passed six months. but on one fatal night the ranch was
carried off into captivity. he remained a captive for three months, when, seizing a favourable
immense drove of cattle to carlinville, manoupin county, illinois. rendered destitute by being
deprived of everything by the marauders, he gladly accepted their offer and went .
' arriving at carlinville, he determined to return to england, and boldly pronounce his rights .
accordingly, he took the cars for the east. while travelling on the new york and erie railroad he
fell in with a noble - hearted farmer, named preston f. sappington, of point isabel, clinton
county, who induced him to return with him to clinton, for the purpose of studying law with mr .
by mr. sackett, and lately by mr. stransbury. while here during the october term of the circuit
court, he stated his case to hon. abraham lincoln, who immediately wrote to the british consul
at chicago. two days afterwards the british consul, hon. mr. wilkins, arrived in clinton. after
listening to fenwick' s story, and having a consultation with messrs. lincoln and stransbury, he
only hear that he was travelling on the continent, but could not ascertain the precise spot. the
fenwick. he entered the chamber of death. the ghostly visage of the dying woman became still
ghastlier when she beheld the boy whom she and her sister had so deeply wronged .
wife until he drove her away and spurned her. lord [ sic ] fenwick folded his long - lost son to his
heart and shed tears of joy over him. the woman died in a few minutes after making the
o' neil took her to the south of france in the hope of restoring it. but she soon died, and not
long afterwards the captain was killed in a duel. by a will he bequeathed his property, which
was of great value, to his wife' s son, john n. fenwick. the young man is now in fenwick hall.'
' the following is a portion of a letter sent by him to a friend in clinton... .
so you may imagine
my feelings at present. to those persons in clinton who doubted my statements, and ridiculed
me, i have no unkind feelings. i entertain toward the people of clinton a lively feeling of gratit -
ude for their many kindnesses and favors. to robert lewis, esq. , i desire you to return my most
in life. my best respects to my ever good friend, mr. stransbury, to whom i send in your
package a breastpin. my love to mrs. c - - - - and the children. i have many times, since i left
your roof, thought of them, and longed to see them... .. the package i send to you i hope will
entirely clear you of debt, and make you independent in life. tell al. blackford i will send him
a splendid manton fowling - piece by the next steamer. he has my likeness, which i would be
dod' s peerage, but cannot find that such a person as
john north fenwick, bart. ,
exists. we ,
ferguson sat in the irish house of commons for londonderry city between 1798 and 1800 .
which says -
as sir andrew ferguson, bart. , and his son harvey, were returning home
about 12 last night in a gig, they came to a bridge [ at moville, co. donegal ], which the
lead the horse along it. before the servant, however, had got hold of the reins, sir andrew
was killed on the spot, but his son did not receive the smallest injury .
'
sir thomas and lady fermor - hesketh, who was given up for dead, appears to be solved. mr .
on october 30, 1910, dressed in a rough serge suit, and without any baggage. his intention
was to go to america to amass a fortune. a communication received in new york from dr .
asked to search 18 months ago. it appears that dr. woodard, while in tromberg, montana ,
two days ago, accidentally met a man who seemed somewhat strange in manner. he talked
language, and returned to the united states. the stranger declared that his mother' s father ,
made a fortune from the comstock silver lode in virginia city, nevada ]. he had a soldierly
bearing, polished manner, and quick actions. dr. woodard says he found that the man was
the sullivan sheep ranch, about 90 miles south - west of clearmont, wyoming .
baronet of easton neston, towcester. he was formerly a lieutenant in the 9th lancers, and
lady fermor - hesketh had rented for the shooting season. on october 29, 1910, he was
motoring back from easton neston, when he met his mother outside banbury. he stopped
rather later, as he had to leave a dog at a veterinary surgeon' s at banbury. that was the
last time lady hesketh saw her son. enquiries made subsequently showed that he had left
the car in banbury and travelled to london. a brown leather bag, a rug, and some other
articles were found on the steamer which reached kingstown from holyhead on october 30 .
' the steward of the steamer was positive that he saw mr. hesketh land, but after that all
trace of him was lost. he was in good health, and, so far as was known, had no reason for
however, no trace of frederick fermor - hesketh was ever found. his name was removed
' mr. noel middleton said that frederick fermor - hesketh disappeared on october 29, 1910 .
he was then a lieutenant in the 9th lancers and was aged 27 years. he had returned to
his mother at chedshurst manor, kineton, in warwickshire. on october 29 he was motoring
from easton neston and he met lady fermor - hesketh, who was in her car, outside banbury .
he stopped and spoke to her. he said that he would be late as he had to leave a dog with
a veterinary surgeon at banbury, adding -
i will follow you in a few minutes .
he was not
seen again by his mother. inquiries showed that he had put his car into a garage and taken
the 5. 15 p. m. train to london. some personal baggage belonging to him was found in the
steamship leinster, which arrived at kingstown in ireland at 6 a. m. on october 30, 1910. but
from that all trace of the missing man was lost. he was in his usual health and unembarrassed
by any financial or domestic trouble, and no reason could be assigned for his disappearance .
' the president - it seems probable that he fell overboard from the boat. mr. middleton - yes .
united kingdom to augustine fitzgerald of newmarket on fergus, in the county of clare, esq .
date was a by - election. dates shown in normal type were general elections ,
lawley was the youngest son of the 1st baron wenlock. in july 1852 he was elected to
the house of commons in the liberal interest for the seat of beverley. in december of
whose wife was related to lawley, appointed him as one of his private secretaries .
accusations of
jobs for the boys
were rife. it was noted that his successor in the seat
chancellor of the exchequer. it appears that, even with the benefit of inside information ,
' sir g. grey, in reference to a notice which appeared on the paper by sir j. pakington as
to the appointment of the hon. francis lawley to the governorship of south australia ,
stated the circumstances under which the choice was made. before entering on the duties
predecessor at the colonial office ] on various matters of business. the duke communicated
colonial governorships, and mentioned that he had offered that of south australia to mr .
the only thing which could be alleged against mr. lawley was that, like many young men ,
he had been early addicted to the turf. the duke added, however, that mr. lawley had
abandoned the pursuit………. . under these circumstances he (sir g. grey) had resolved to
submit his name to the queen for appointment. some days afterward the duke of newcastle
that day information highly injurious to the character of mr. lawley……. the information was
transactions; and, further, that there was a still more serious rumour, that mr. lawley had
of the exchequer, to engage in extensive speculations in the funds……. in the course of
he learned with the greatest grief and concern that mr. lawley confessed that he had been
engaged in transactions in the funds in the last few months…. under all the circumstances ,
his career now in ruins, lawley spent the remainder of his life as a journalist and writer .
worth £300 a year if elected to a borough seat, or £600 a year if elected to a county seat .
with the result that he was unseated on 3 august 1857. the parliamentary committee which
in april 1858, glover was tried for making the false property declaration. the following
' at the central criminal court on friday, the 9th inst. , mr. edward auchmuty glover
as to his qualification to sit as a member of the house of commons .
ground that he was not duly qualified. now no person can sit in the house of commons
2nd vict. , was fixed at £300 a year in boroughs and £600 a year for counties. the
bay, in the county of kent. it was contended, however, that the defendant had not the
' on monday the trial was resumed and brought to a close. the jury retired, and after an
raid on 22 - 23 april 1918. this raid was designed to neutralize the key belgian port, which
at the three cruisers. two of the cruisers, the intrepid and the iphigenia, both of which
were filled with concrete, were scuttled in the narrowest point of the port' s canal .
down, so he was forced to manoeuvre using his engines. once clear of the harbour' s
sir walter dorling smiles, mp for blackburn 1931 - 1945, co. down 1945 - 1950
victoria was one of earliest roll - on, roll - off ferries to operate in british waters .
notwithstanding that a gale warning was in force, the captain put to sea at 7. 45 am. the
additional door was not deployed. after reaching the open sea, the stern became exposed
began to enter the car deck. it proved impossible to close the stern doors, and as a result ,
water keep pouring into the ship until the order was given to abandon ship at 2 pm .
there were only 44 survivors out of a total of 177 passengers and crew. not one of the
ship' s officers were among the survivors, nor were any women and children. as well as
water that made its way into the car deck. this was the worst peacetime maritime
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bill hamilton' s childhood in the high country allowed him a freedom that encouraged independence, self - reliance and an innovative approach to solving problems. from paddling around local streams and the station' s dam in an old tin washtub, he graduated to a sailing raft, canoe and, eventually, a land - yacht, all home - built. by the time he was 12 he had already sensed the potential of water as a source of power, and had installed a water - wheel which drove a small generator. it developed one horsepower, sufficient to light the homestead and power a small lathe, drill and emery wheel .
after attending waihi school at winchester, in 1915 bill moved to christ' s college, christchurch, as a boarder. it was a frustrating time for the free - spirited country boy, who soon found himself enmeshed in a rigid routine of lessons, rules and discipline. after his half - brother, cyril blakeney, was killed in action in the sinai desert in august 1916, bill left college to help his ailing father run ashwick. in 1921 he began farming on his own account when he bought irishman creek station, in the heart of the mackenzie country, for £16, 000 .
after bill' s sister leila died in may 1922 leaving a 10 - day - old son, sholto (dick) hamilton georgeson, the hamiltons travelled to england. there bill met margery (peggy) lampkin wills, a spirited young woman who had worked in a munitions factory during the first world war and completed a training course in the dairy industry. they married in london on 26 october 1923, and left for new zealand three weeks later. in addition to caring for dick, they were to have a son, jon, and a daughter, june .
with the support and encouragement of his wife, hamilton managed to successfully combine farm duties with the increasing challenges of an inventive mind and the pursuit of his love of speed. he won a series of motor races in his 1914 sunbeam and in 1925 became the first driver in australasia to exceed 100 miles per hour; in 1928 he set a new record of 109 miles per hour. in 1927, when he needed electricity for the station' s new homestead and workshop, he designed and built a tractor - drawn scoop to construct a dam to provide water for a 17. 5 - kilowatt hydroelectric plant. he built several of these scoops and used them on construction contracts throughout new zealand, including the first aerodrome at mt cook (1935), another on great barrier island (1937), and flood protection works at karamea (1937). returning from a business trip to hamilton in february 1936, he was lucky to escape with only minor injuries when his aeroplane crashed at wellington' s rongotai airport, killing the well - known pilot malcolm mcgregor .
in 1939 hamilton designed and built an angle - dozer in a new workshop at irishman creek. during the second world war the workshop had 17 employees and manufactured munitions, but the development of earthmoving and other machinery continued: a loader - dozer was followed by road graders, loaders, mobile cranes and ditch - diggers, all operated by hamilton - designed hydraulics. in 1945 c. w. f. hamilton and company limited was formed to manufacture these machines in a modern factory on a 10 - acre site at middleton, christchurch. under hamilton' s direction, and with eric chapman as general manager, the company developed a heavy - engineering capability, producing bridge girders, equipment for hydroelectric schemes, railway wagons, busbars for the bluff aluminium smelter and other specialised equipment. in 1972 dick georgeson became general manager. hamilton perry industries limited was established to manufacture light roll - formed products; by the early 1980s the hamilton group of companies employed more than 500 people .
however, it was bill hamilton' s pioneering work in successfully developing water - jet propulsion in the early 1950s that made his name world famous. he had always dreamed of designing a boat that could go against the flow of rivers too shallow for conventional propeller - driven craft. he never claimed to have invented the jet - boat; the water - jet principle was not new and had already been applied with some success to low - speed displacement craft overseas. hamilton' s achievement was in designing a jet unit that would propel a planing hull efficiently at high speeds and with the advantages of a shallow draught. much of the early test work was carried out on the dam behind his homestead and on the rivers of the mackenzie country. with the help of a small team of dedicated young engineers, including george davison and bill' s son jon, the hamilton jet unit was developed into a highly successful product and was marketed worldwide .
in 1961 bill hamilton was appointed an obe, and in 1974 he received a knighthood for his services to manufacturing. he died near fairlie on 30 march 1978, survived by his wife and children. peggy died in 1982. they are buried side by side in the burke' s pass cemetery, in the heart of the land they loved so much .
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as well as giving his name to the company he founded in 1939, c. w. f. (bill) hamilton left a legacy of combining sound engineering practices with innovation and excellence. as a small boy he had dreamed of a boat that would carry him up the swift flowing rivers of his homeland. such foresight was typical of this distinguished new zealand inventor and innovator .
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ashwick station is subdivided and sold off. 820 acres were retained around the original homestead .
cyril blackeney, who had been managing ashwick station, was killed in action in august. bill left his schooling at christ’s college to manage ashwick .
bill hamilton buys irishman creek station in central otago for 16, 000 pounds .
bill and his parents travel to england. here he buys an isle of man sunbeam motorcar, and meets peggy wills, who he marries in october 1923. they return together to new zealand .
bill enters the sunbeam at the new zealand motor cup races in auckland. wins this 50 - mile race at an average speed of 81. 5 mph. also claimed the australasian speed record as the first time that 100 mph was officially attained in australasia. over the next several years bill competed in many more races and again broke the australasian speed record, with 109. 09 mph for the flying mile in 1928 .
builds a generating plant complete with dam to provide electricity to the irishman creek homestead and workshop. however, this was damaged by severe frosts the following winter, so bill begins constructing a larger dam using a new earth - scooping machine he had designed and built .
during the depression bill takes on contracting work to help pay off his debts. through this work he designs a number of machines, including a shingle loader, a water sprinkler, a hay lift, an air compressor and an air conditioning plant.
sir william feilden , 1st baronet ( 13 march 1772 – 21 may 1850 ) was an english cotton manufacturer and a liberal and later conservative politician who sat in the house of commons from 1832 to 1847 . feilden was the third son of joseph feilden and margaret leyland of witton . he was educated at blackburn grammar school and brasenose college , oxford . he became a cotton mill owner and lived at witton hall . in 1798 he purchased the hamlet of feniscowles south west of blackburn , from thomas ainsworth . at the 1832 general election , feilden was elected as liberal member of parliament ( mp ) for blackburn . feilden built the house of feniscowles in pleasington in a romantic valley on the banks of the river darwen . he also gave a site for a church at feniscowles in 1840 , and provided the stone for its construction . at the 1841 general election , feilden changed his allegiance to the conservatives but was re-elected and remained mp for blackburn until the 1847 general election , when he did not stand . he did nothing to distinguish himself in the house of commons in his fourteen years as a m.p. feilden was created a baronet , of feniscowles in the county palatine of lancaster on 21 july 1846 . feilden died at the age of 78 . feilden married mary haughton jackson , daughter of edmund jackson , at st martin in the fields on 30 march 1797 . they had three sons and three daughters . his son william succeeed to the baronetcy . another son montague feilden also became mp for blackburn . his youngest son , john leyland feilden was an author . 
sir william feilden, 1st baronet (13 march 1772 – 21 may 1850) was an english cotton manufacturer and a liberal and later conservative politician who sat in the house of commons from 1832 to 1847. feilden was the third son of joseph feilden and margaret leyland of witton. he was educated at blackburn grammar school and brasenose college, oxford. he became a cotton mill owner and lived at witton hall. in 1798 he purchased the hamlet of feniscowles south west of blackburn, from thomas ainsworth. at the 1832 general election, feilden was elected as liberal member of parliament (mp) for blackburn. feilden built the house of feniscowles in pleasington in a romantic valley on the banks of the river darwen. he also gave a site for a church at feniscowles in 1840, and provided the stone for its construction. at the 1841 general election, feilden changed his allegiance to the conservatives but was re-elected and remained mp for blackburn until the 1847 general election, when he did not stand. he did nothing to distinguish himself in the house of commons in his fourteen years as a m.p. feilden was created a baronet, of feniscowles in the county palatine of lancaster on 21 july 1846. feilden died at the age of 78. feilden married mary haughton jackson, daughter of edmund jackson, at st martin in the fields on 30 march 1797. they had three sons and three daughters. his son william succeeed to the baronetcy. another son montague feilden also became mp for blackburn. his youngest son, john leyland feilden was an author.
sir william feilden, 1st baronet (13 march 1772 – 21 may 1850) was an english cotton manufacturer and a liberal and later conservative politician who sat in the house of commons from 1832 to 1847. feilden was the third son of joseph feilden and margaret leyland of witton. he was educated at blackburn grammar school and brasenose college, oxford. he became a cotton mill owner and lived at witton hall. in 1798 he purchased the hamlet of feniscowles south west of blackburn, from thomas ainsworth. at the 1832 general election, feilden was elected as liberal member of parliament (mp) for blackburn. feilden built the house of feniscowles in pleasington in a romantic valley on the banks of the river darwen. he also gave a site for a church at feniscowles in 1840, and provided the stone for its construction. at the 1841 general election, feilden changed his allegiance to the conservatives but was re-elected and remained mp for blackburn until the 1847 general election, when he did not stand. he did nothing to distinguish himself in the house of commons in his fourteen years as a m.p. feilden was created a baronet, of feniscowles in the county palatine of lancaster on 21 july 1846. feilden died at the age of 78. feilden married mary haughton jackson, daughter of edmund jackson, at st martin in the fields on 30 march 1797. they had three sons and three daughters. his son william succeeed to the baronetcy. another son montague feilden also became mp for blackburn. his youngest son, john leyland feilden was an author.