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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Taranaki, Hawke's Bay & Wellington Provincial Districts]
Mr. John Davis Canning
Mr. John Davis Canning was born at “Ogbourne,” St. Andrew, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, in the year 1822, and was a son of the late Mr. Davis Canning. The Cannings of Ogbourne, in England, and of Oakburne, in Hawke's Bay, are branch of an old English family of which Lord Canning, a former Viceroy of India, was a member. Mr. Canning was educated in his native place, and came to New Zealand in 1851, in the ship “Cornwall,” landed at Lyttelton, and was employed by Mr. John Harding, of “Mt. Vernon,” Waipukurau. He afterwards purchased land and sheep on his own account, and selected a fine property of upwards of 2,000 acres at Porangahau, which he increased to 40,000 acres by leasing from the Maoris a tract of country adjoining the freehold. Mr. Canning introduced the Cotswold variety of sheep, and in all classes of stock kept only the best breeds. In 1868 he married a daughter of the late Mr. John McQueen, of Strathspey, Inverness, and had two sons, and one daughter who died at an early age. In 1883 he took a trip Home to see his wife, who had then been an invalid in the Old Land for about five years. The effects of the voyage, however, resulted in his death. Eight years later, Mrs. Canning so far recovered her health as to be able to return to New Zealand. Mr. Canning took an active part in public affairs, for which his liberal education eminently fitted him.
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The Late Mr. J. D. Canning.