Dobson, Arthur Dudley (1841-1934)
December 18th, 2009 by Alexandra| Insert Image here |
Inscription
Sir Arthur Dudley Dobson K.B. d 5 March 1934 aged 92. Discoverer of Arthur’s Pass, 1863. District Engineer, Nelson-Westport goldfield 1878. City Engineer of Christchurch from 1901 to 1921. Headstone Description
Plot location
Block 18, Plot 227
Individual History
Sir Arthur Dudley Dobson
Arthur’s father, Edward, was a prominent engineer in provincial Canterbury. His sister, Mary, married Sir Julius von Haast. In 1866 a brother, George, was murdered on the West Coast by the infamous Burgess-Kelly-Levy gang. Arthur was born on 9th September 1841. He married Eleanor Lewis (daughter of Henry Lewis who surveyed “Lewis Pass”) in April 1860. More |
Was not Arthur born 9 September 1841
Arthur married Eleanor Lewis (daughter of Henry Lewis who surveyed “Lewis Pass” in April 1860)