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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Mr. Robert Simpson
Mr. Robert Simpson . sometime of Maerewhenua Diggings, was born at West Kilbride, Ayrshire, Scotland, in 1814. He farmed Upper Ascog Farm. in the Isle of Bute, for twenty-five years, and during that time gained a silver medal for the best managed green crop on the island. Mr. simpson was also a competitor at ploughing matches, and in 1845 gained a silver medal from the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland. He served as a volunteer in the Scottish Yeomanry Cavalry. and was one of the Marquis of Waterford's retainers at the Eglinton tournament; the Earl of Eglinton's modern reproduction of the great jousting gala of the days of medieval chivalry. Mr. Simpson came to Port Chalmers by the ship “William Davie,” in 1864, and settled in the Oamaru district, where he engaged in general work for five years. He was afterwards cropping on the Elderslie estate, and in 1880 took up 160 acres at Maerewhenua, which he farmed, with 300 acres of leasehold, until his death in 1899. Mr. Simpson was married, in 1858, to a daughter of the late Mr. Daniel McIntyre, of the Isle of Bute. His wife and two sons survive him.
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Mrs R. Simpson.