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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

The Hon. Charles Edward Hill-Trevor

The Hon. Charles Edward Hill-Trevor, Assistant Private Secretary to Lord Ranfurly, is the third son of the late Baron Trevor, of Brynkinalt, Chirk, North Wales (third son of the third Marquis of Downshire), and of the Hon. Mary Catherine Curzon (daughter of the Hon. and Rev. Alfred Curzon, and sister of Alfred, Lord Searsdale, of Keddelston, Derby). His paternal grandmother was Lady Maria Windsor, daughter of the fifth Earl of Plymouth. Lord Trevor—father of the subject of this notice—held a seat in the House of Commons for the same constituency from 1845 to 1880, and was a magistrate for Counties Salop, Nottingham, Denbigh, Flint, and Down, and deputy-lieutenant for Nottingham and Down. He was Major in the North Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry from 1863 to 1872, and a lieutenant-colonel of the South Down Militia. In 1862, on succeeding to the estates of the late Viscount Dungannon, he assumed the additional name of Trevor. The Hon. Charles Hill-Trevor, who was born on the 23rd of December, 1863, was educated at Eton College. Entering the Militia in 1883, he was for some time captain of the third Battalion of Royal Welsh Fusiliers, from which regiment he resigned in 1893. Mr. Hill-Trevor had seven years' experience in orangegrowing in Florida. United States of America. In 1887 he acquired an estate in that country, which he still retains. He was appointed to the staff of His Excellency in June, 1897. The Hon. Charles Hill-Trevor is a member of “White's” Club, St. James' Street, London.

Lake On Lord Ranfurly's Estate, Ireland.

Lake On Lord Ranfurly's Estate, Ireland.