OBITUARY.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2002, 12 July 1919, Page 3

OBITUARY.

MR. THOMAS HAYWOOD,

There passed away at his residence, Matai Road, Auckland, on June 28th last, Mr Thomas Haywood, an old Auckland identity, at the age of 70. The late Mr Haywood was for several years proprietor of Whyte’s Hotel, Foxton, and was highly esteemed as a local citizen. He was born in London, and came of old Devonshire and Yorkshire families, being a son of Mr Thomas Haywood, of London, and grandson of Commodore Haywood, of the East Indian Company. He arrived at Auckland in March, 1864, by the ship Seimiter, the first iron ship to arrive in New Zealand. He served his time as a builder with Messrs Coombes and Son, whose workshop stood on the site of the present Victoria Buildings in Victoria Street East. When the Hokitika gold rush broke out, Mr Haywood was one of the first to go there. He subsequently was for 40 years connected with the hotel business in New Zealand and Melbourne. When he first arrived in Auckland he became a member, and was later promoted to sergeant, of the old Auckland Cavalry, then under the command of Captain Henry Hardington, and was a inember of the guard of honour to the Duke of Edinburgh when His Royal Highness visited Auckland 50 years ago. During the Parihaka trouble in 1881 Mr Haywood held a lieutenant’s commission in the Paten Rilles, which was under the command of Captain E. Tregear, ex-secretary for. Labour. Mr-Haywood was a past mast or of the Masonic fraternity, and at bis death was a member of Lodge Albion, Devonport. He was also a -foundation member and the first secretary of the local Masonic Lodge. He was a freeman of the City of London, being connected with the Surgeon Barbers’ Guild. He leaves a widow and one daughter. A brother, Mr A. Haywood, resides at Palmerston North.