LADY WAKEHURST'S ARRIVAL IN AUCKLAND
' Lady Wakehurst, wife of Lord Wakehurst. Governor of New South Wales, arrived at Auckland early this week. She was accompanied by her brother, Mr Peter Dubbock, her daughter, the Hon. Henrietta Loder, and Captain J. Mitchell, A.D.C., states the ‘ New Zealand Herald.’ Lady Wakehurst, who is extremely popular in New South Wales, is the mother of four children, of whom the Hon. Henrietta Loder is the eldest. The others are the Hon. Christopher, the Hon. David, and the Hon. Robert Loder She is fond of sport, particularly golf, and sailing is a popular pastime. She is also an enthusiastic gardener and has made a collection of Australian and New Zealand plants for her garden. Lord Wakehurst also is a keen gardener, inheriting his interest in horticulture from his father, who was the first person to persuade the waratah to flower in England. Lady Wakehurst is keenly interested
in art and among the prized possessions she brought with her to Australia when she first arrived _ there were many paintings, including a water-colour -by Turner and many English landscapes by Scott. Her elder sister, Miss Nancy Tennant, is an artist.
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Evening Star, Issue 23379, 23 September 1939, Page 19
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193LADY WAKEHURST'S ARRIVAL IN AUCKLAND Evening Star, Issue 23379, 23 September 1939, Page 19
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