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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Nelson, Marlborough & Westland Provincial Districts]

Present Members Of The Legislative Council

Present Members Of The Legislative Council.

The Hon. William Douglas Hall Baillie was appointed to the Legislative Council in the year 1861. He is further referred to as one of the Superintendents of Marlborough.

The Hon. Courtenay William Alymer Thomas Kenny was called to the Legislative Council on the 15th of May, 1885. He was born in Burma, India, in 1839, when his father was commandant of the Madras Presidency, and was educated at Harrow, England. It was decided that he should follow a military life, and his father, two uncles, three brothers, and other kinsmen, have all held, commissions in the army. On the outbreak of the Crimean war, he left as a member of the 88th Connaught Rangers for the scene of action; but in one of the fierce conflicts that opened that famous struggle, he was severely wounded; indeed, his condition was so precarious that he was sent back to England as an invalid. He was, however, in recognition of his services, promoted to the rank of captain. During convalescence, and while still on sick leave, he came out to New Zealand; and, his regiment having in the meantime been ordered to India, he resigned his military appointment, page 310 and remained in the colony. Shortly after landing in Wellington, in 1858, he went over to Picton, and since then he has been continuously engaged in sheepfarming in Queen Charlotte Sound. His present run is known as “The Rocks,” and the homestead is picturesquely situated on the shore of an inlet a few miles
Wrigglesworth and Binus, photo.The Hon. Capt. W. A. T. Kenny.

Wrigglesworth and Binus, photo.
The Hon. Capt. W. A. T. Kenny.

from Picton. Captain Kenny was for some time Commissioner of Crown Lands in Marlborough; he is one of the oldest Justices of the Peace in New Zealand, and is a member of the Polynesian Society. At the time that hostile Maoris threatened to attack Picton. Captain Kenny organised and trained a defence corps composed of local men. This corps was registered as the Marlborough Rangers, and, later on. was on active service under the command of Captain T. N. Kenny, brother of its founder, now a Lieut.-Colonel in the Imperial Army. Captain Kenny was married just before he sailed from England for New Zealand, and was left a widower in 1899. His eldest son is Captain E. G. M. C. Kenny, of Picton.