Charles Beard Izard

Charles Beard Izard (4 December 1829 – 23 October 1904) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament and lawyer in Wellington, New Zealand.[1]

Charles Beard Izard
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Wellington South and Suburbs
In office
26 September 1887 – 5 December 1890
Preceded byseat established
Succeeded byseat abolished
Personal details
Born(1829-12-04)4 December 1829
Brighton, England
Died23 October 1904(1904-10-23) (aged 74)
Wellington, New Zealand
SpouseMary Ann Hayward
RelationsCharles Hayward Izard (son)
ProfessionLawyer

Biography

Early life

Izard was born in Brighton, England, and educated at King's College London and Magdalene College, Cambridge, graduating in mathematics in 1854. After studying at Lincoln's Inn he was admitted to the bar in England.[2] He married Miss Mary Ann Hayward from Sussex in 1859. She died in Wellington on 18 July 1900 aged 71 years.[3]

In 1860 they emigrated to Auckland, and that year moved to Wellington. He was a Crown solicitor and partner in the law firm that became Bell Gully.[2] His son, Charles Hayward Izard, was a partner in that firm from 1882 to 1897.[4] He was on the boards of local schools and local companies e.g. the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company and the Meat Export Company. He retired from the law in 1887 due to failing eyesight.[2]

Political career
New Zealand Parliament
Years Term Electorate Party
1887–1890 10th Wellington South and Suburbs Independent

He contested the 1881 election and 1884 election in the Foxton electorate, where he was second of six candidates (1881), beaten by James Wilson.[5]

He represented the Wellington South and Suburbs electorate from 1887 to 1890, when he was defeated (for the Hutt electorate).[6]

His son Charles Hayward Izard was also a Member of Parliament.[7]

References
  1. "Obituary". Evening Post in Papers Past. 24 October 1904.
  2. Evening Post; 21 October 1904 p5
  3. "Death". Evening Post in Papers Past. 19 July 1900.
  4. Cooke, Robin (1969). Portrait of a Profession: The Centennial Book of the New Zealand Law Society. Wellington: Reed Publishing. p. 396.
  5. "Foxton". Thames Star. Vol. XII, no. 4043. 13 December 1881. p. 2. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  6. Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 207. OCLC 154283103.
  7.  Foster, Joseph (1885). "Izard, Charles Beard" . Men-at-the-Bar  (second ed.). London: Hazell, Watson, and Viney. p. 238.


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