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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Captain James Alexander MacMahon

Captain James Alexander MacMahon, J.P., who is a retired English military officer, resides at “Woodlands,” Parkhurst, where he owns a fattening farm of about 300 acres. The homestead is a picturesque building with twelve is a picturesque building with twelve commodious rooms. Near the house are two acres of a flourishing orchard. Captain MacMahon was born at Newry, North of Ireland, in 1841, and educated at Trinity College, Dublin, with a view to entering the army. His father, the late Mr. James MacMahon, was a magistrate of the county. On finishing his collegiate course Capt. MacMahon joined the 30th Regt. in 1861, as ensign, and went to Canada. On his return to England in 1865 he retired and went into the shipping business in Liverpool, where he remained until 1878, when through ill-health he sold his interest in the firm and came to New Zealand by the ship “Famenoth,” and soon after his arrival purchased his present property. Capt. MacMahon was a member of the Waitemata County Council for many years, and acted as chairman for three years. He was also, to the time of his retirement as member, chairman of the Parkhurst School Committee, and may be considered the virtual founder of the school, as he was the first man to agitate for its inauguration. Capt. MacMahon is also a member of the licensing committee, and an old Master Mason. He is married to a daughter of Mr. W. A. MacFarlane, o Montreal, formerly of Inverness.