Greensill, J. A. R., Merchant, Picton, Mr. Greensill was born on Haulbowline Island, Cork Harbour. He is the son of Major Greensill, Commissary of Ordnance in the Imperialservice; and is first cousin to Field-Marshall Lord Roberts. Mr. Greensill has taken a keen interest in all local matters, and is looked upon as a man to be depended upon —a man of integrity and judgment. He came to New Zealand in 1856, by the ship “Oriental,” and landed in Nelson, but shortly afterwards settled in Marlborough. During the time of the Provincial Council, he was once elected a member; he has also been a councillor of the borough, and has repeatedly occupied the mayoral chair. He is a director of the Marlborough Permanent Building Society and of King Solomon's Gold Mining Company. Mr. Greensill has long been prominently associated with every department of church work, as churchwarden and lay reader, and in other positions of responsibility. For generations the Greensill family has been connected with the Imperial service, and many of its members have held positions of great trust and responsibility One of Mr. Greensill's brothers (Captain Greensill, of the 24th Foot) was killed in the Indian Mutiny whilst on the staff at Delhi; and another brother (also a captain) served during the whole of the Crimean war. Mr. Greensill has been twice married; firstly, to a daughter of the late Mr. T. W. Downes, J.P., and, secondly, to a daughter of Mr. Justice Conolly. He has five daughters and four sons, and his second daughter is married to Mr. H. J. Howard. [After this article had been placed in its present position, information was received that Mr. Greensill had retired from business.]

Mr. Thomas Philpotts was born in Newfoundland in the year 1835, and was sent to England in 1853, in the interest of his health, and in order to be educated. He was at Oxford for two years and a-half. After visiting Canada he finally left England in 1859 for Lyttelton, New Zealand. During a visit to Sydney in 1862 he purchased page 392 a vessel and engaged in the New Zealand coastal trade for several years. Mr. Philpotts was appointed harbourmaster at Picton in 1865, and at the same time carried on business as a builder and contractor in connection with the firm of G. A. Smith and Co. This continued till 1889, when he purchased the old-established business founded by Mr. Arthur Beauchamp. He has served on most of the local bodies, and has filled the mayoral chair on more than one occasion, and is at present (1905) a member of the Picton Borough Council. Mr. Philpotts is a Past Master of the Masonic Lodge Waitohi, 2036, E.C.