Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1897, Wellington

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Mr. Lambert William Loveday, the Secretary of the District Hospital Board and the United District Charitable Aid Board, and Clerk of Records in the Colonial Secretary's Department, was born in 1845 at Darjeeling, India, and was educated in England, at Bath Proprietary School and Hanwell College School. When eighteen years of age he came to the Colony per ship “Chili,” to Port Chalmers. Before coming to New Zealand he had been connected with the volunteer movement in England, and having gained considerable knowledge of the drill, was appointed instructor to the third Waikato Militia, which position he held till 1867, when the force was disbanded. Mr. Loveday then went to the Thames goldfield, where he occupied the position of Clerk to the Warden's Court for a short time. He then became clerk in the office of Mr. James Macky, Junior Civil Commissioner, remaining about two years. For three years subsequently he was managing clerk for Messrs. Mackey, Taipari and Co., who controlled the letting of the township lands on the Thames. In 1876 Mr. Loveday eame to Wellington, and acted as clerk to the Select Committee of the Legislative Council in the session of that year. He was also appointed Chief Clerk and Accountant of the Lunacy Department, as Clerk of Records, which position he still retains, besides the secretarial of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Boards. Mr. Loveday was married in 1865 to Miss Vogel, daughter of Mr. Franz Vogel, of Austria. His family consists of three daughters. Since living in Wellington, Mr. Loveday has been prominent in connection with the volunteer movement. He was originally connected with the formation of the Wellington Guards in 1875, and was promoted to the rank of senior major of the Wellington Rifle Battalion, which position he resigned to assume command as captain of the Heretaunga Mounted Rifles. This position he retained from 1891 to January, 1894, when he retired. Mr. Loveday is an unattached member of the Masonic fraternity, having been connected with the Alpha Lodge No. 449, I.C., while in the Waikato.