William Campbell Walker: Difference between revisions

Walker was born in 1837, at Bowlandstow, [[Midlothian]], Scotland, the eldest son of Sir William Stuart Walker ([[Order of the Bath|KCB]]). He received his education at [[Glenalmond College|Trinity College, Glenalmond]] in [[Perthshire]] and then at [[Trinity College, Oxford]]. He graduated in 1861 and then completed a further [[Master of Arts|MA]] degree.<ref name="NZETC Walker">{{cite book |title=The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Wellington Provincial District |year=1897 |url= httphttps://www.nzetc.orgvictoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc01Cycl-t1-body-d6-d3-d9.html#Cyc01Cycl-fig-Cyc01Cycl1493a |publisher=[[The Cyclopedia of New Zealand]] |author=Cyclopedia Company Limited |access-date= 15 January 2012 |location=Wellington |chapter=The Hon. William Campbell Walker}}</ref> Together with his brother, he emigrated to New Zealand and arrived in [[Lyttelton, New Zealand|Lyttelton]] on board the ''Evening Star'' in January 1862.<ref name="NZETC Walker" /><ref name="Otago Witness obit">{{cite news |title=Death of the Hon. W. C. Walker |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=OW19040106.2.107 |access-date=14 January 2012 |work=[[Otago Witness]] |date=6 January 1904 |issue=2599 |page=46}}</ref> The brothers then owned and ran a sheep farm at [[Mount Possession]] in [[South Canterbury]].<ref name="NZETC Walker" /> When they bought the land, Walker was assigned some land in [[Riccarton, New Zealand|Riccarton]]. He later gave the land away, so that a settlement for working-class people could be established.<ref name="State Housing">{{cite web|title=State Housing |url= http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Heritage/LocalHistory/Fendalton/statehouse.asp |publisher=Christchurch City Libraries|access-date=15 January 2012|location=Christchurch}}</ref>