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to process it and no business transactions between the two provinces existed. John walked back to Lyttelton to get cash, leaving Michael with the cattle. He returned crossing rivers alone with the cash, blankets and provisions at great risk. From Dunedin after having paid for the cattle, the
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had originally taken up a pastoral lease there in 1854 and had been developing it as a sheep and cattle run. The brothers drained 2,000 acres (810 ha) of swamp and started a large cropping programme as well as running 26,000 sheep there. The
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In 1867, the Studholme Brothers purchased 55,000 acres (22,000 ha) of flat tussock land known as the Coldstream Estate for £35,000 (about £3,800,000 in 2018 value). It was named after the cold stream that rises near the homestead.
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and the Union Insurance Company. He was one of the first Canterbury magistrates, and was a first member of the Provincial Council for the Timaru district, which at that time comprised all the provinces south of Ashburton.
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three times: twice with their horse Knottingley and once with Magenta. They also owned the horses Belle of the Isle, Stormbird, and Nebula. John served on the committee of the Canterbury Jockey Club for many years.
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is named the 'Studholme Saddle' as it is where three of the largest Studholme family farms (Karioi, Ruanui, and Ohauko) met. The Upper and Lower Studholme Passes in the
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the first Europeans to explore the South Island extensively on foot. Arriving in Dunedin, their cheque was refused at the cattle market since there was no bank yet in
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Colonel John Studholme inherited the New Zealand estates and the homestead Coldstream. He continued his father's farming and philanthropy.
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In 1890, Studholme's son Col. John Studholme (known as Jack) took over farming Coldstream after marrying Alexandra Thomson, daughter of
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is named for the Studholme brothers, most particularly Michael, who was the first settler in the area. Mount Studholme, inland from
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In 1852, the Studholme brothers returned to New Zealand. Famously, they took a ship which only went as far as
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Col. John Studholme (10 February 1863 – 26 May 1934), who married Alexandra Thomson (1867–1907), daughter of
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Both John and Michael Studholme were avid horseracing enthusiasts and owned several racehorses. They won the
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John Studholme established Coldstream as his primary homestead, with Michael having previously done so at
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Studholme married Lucy Ellen Sykes Moorhouse, the daughter of William Moorhouse of Knottingley House,
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runs through the land. At the time it was the smallest of the Studholme estates.
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At the age of 22, Studholme sailed to New Zealand with his two younger brothers
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Coldstream: The story of a Sheep Station on the Canterbury Plains, 1854–1934.
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John Studholme was born in 1829 the son of John Studholme, a landowner in
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In 1854, to purchase cattle John and Michael Studholme both walked from
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He died in London aged 74 years, having returned to England in 1901.
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Studholme brothers took the cattle back to Christchurch crossing the
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Unsuccessful candidates in the 1902 New Zealand general election
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For better or worse, in 1870 Michael Studholme introduced the
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to join the government; he resolutely refused, however.
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Joseph Francis Studholme (10 March 1866 – 12 July 1930)
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As a party-independent politician, he represented the
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Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives
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Index

Michael Studholme

Kaiapoi
Gladstone
Carlisle
London
Henry Studholme
William Sefton Moorhouse
Barnard Rhodes
William Studholme
Alma mater
The Queen's College, Oxford
Canterbury
Cumberland
Cumbria
England
Sedbergh School
The Queen's College, Oxford
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Michael
Selwyn
Rakaia
Victorian gold rush
Nelson
Christchurch
stations
North
South Islands
Lyttelton
Dunedin

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