issue:
1a. Margarette Sophia Willes born 27 May 1880, King's Sutton, Northamptonshire, died 5 December 1953, 10 Eaton Gardens, Hove, Sussex, married 12 June 1913 St Peter's Church, Cranley Gardens, London, Commander Walter Odwin Hutton Lambert, born on 25 June 1887, died on 12 February 1960 aged 72
1b. Dorothy Eleanor Willes born 4 March 1883 Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, reg. 1883/7996 New Zealand, baptised 8 April 1883 St Peter's Church, Riccarton, Christchurch by Croasdaile Bowen, sponsors Edith Mary Rhodes, Frederick John Ponsonby and Eleanor Mary Stratton, died 4 July 1971
1c. Hubert William Heaton Willes born 9 December 1885 Brighton, England, died 7 July 1969 Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
1d. Edward Gerald Shippen Willes, born 1888, died 28 February 1889 Deudraeth, North Wales aged 11 months, buried Kings Sutton, Northamptonshire, England
2. Sir Robert Heaton Rhodes KCVO KBE GCStJ VD born 27 February 1861, "Epworth Grange", reg. 1861/10838, baptised 4 April 1861 Holy Trinity Church, Lyttelton by Francis Knowles, sponsors Robert Heaton Rhodes, Edward Circuit Latter and Mary Elizabeth Latter, died 30 July 1956 aged 95 years, "Otahuna", Tai Tapu, reg. 1956/21015, buried St Paul's Anglican Church Cemetery, Papanui, Christchurch, married 20 May 1891 at St Mary's Anglican Church, Bulls near Melbourne, reg. 2335/1891, Jessie Cooper Clark, born 26 September 1865, Victoria, Australia, died 13 October 1929 "Otahuna", Tai Tapu, aged 64 years, reg. 1929/11349, buried St Paul's Anglican Church Cemetery, Papanui, Christchurch, no issue
3. Edith Mary Rhodes born 28 October 1862, "Epworth Grange", reg. 1863/15243 [date of birth registered as 22 November 1862], baptised 26 November 1862 Holy Trinity Church, Lyttelton by Francis Knowles, sponsors Reginald Robert Bradley, Mary Christian Cholmondeley and Francis Bradley, died 17 December 1951, Glenara, Bulla, Victoria, reg. 17527/1952, married 9 July 1888, St Mary's Church, Merivale, Christchurch by Thomas Flavell, witnessed by Sophia Circuit Rhodes and Robert Heaton Rhodes, reg. 1888/2362 Alister Clark son of Walter Clark and Annie Cooper, he died 20 January 1949 aged 84 years. No issue.
4. Amy Clifford Rhodes born 27 February 1865, Purau, reg. 1865/15898, baptised 1 April 1865 Holy Trinity Church, Lyttelton by Francis Knowles, sponsors Elizabeth Aynsley and the parents, died 27 August 1922 at "Wai-iti", Innes Road, Christchurch, reg. 1922/7162, buried St Paul's Anglican Church Cemetery, Papanui, Christchurch, married 1 February 1893 St Mary's Church, Merivale, Christchurch by Bishop Harper, witnessed by Sir George Maurice O'Rorke, Emily Gertrude Rhodes, Arthur Cooper and Robert Heaton Rhodes, reg. 1893/317, Edward Dennis O'Rorke only son of Sir George Maurice O'Rorke and Cecilia Mary Shepherd, born Auckland, died 9 December 1918 at Remount Depot, England as the result of a riding accident.
issue:
4a. Maurice Heaton O'Rorke MC., born 22 February 1894 "Wairenga", Webb Street, Merivale, Christchurch, baptised 16 April 1894 St Mary's Church, Merivale, sponsors Robert Heaton Rhodes, James Coates, Forbes Aileen Shepherd [sister of Lady O'Rorke], died 29 September 1974 Christchurch, married 19 September 1923 St John's Church, Hororata, Elizabeth Hope Reeves daughter of Hugh Maude Reeves and Emily Harper [grand daughter of Bishop Harper]
4b. Dennis Clifford O'Rorke MC., born 16 May 1895 at The Pah, Onehunga, Auckland, reg. 1895/14731, killed in action France 24 March 1918
4c. Amy Cecilia O'Rorke born 5 October 1896 at The Pah, Onehunga, Auckland, reg. 1897/14357, died 24 July 1986 London4d. Robert O'Rorke born 1900, alive in 1923
4e. Edward Brian O'Rorke born 14 June 1901 Fendalton, Christchurch, [architect and interior designer], baptised 5 August 1901 St Barnabas Church, Fendalton, Christchurch by Thomas A. Hamilton, sponsors, Emily Hunter Blair, Harry O'Rorke and Robert Heaton Rhodes, died 1 March 1974 Essex
4f. Forbes O'Rorke, killed in action in Greece 1942 aged 34 years, married 1932 Letty Martyn Williams
5. George Edward Rhodes OBE, born 18 July 1866 Hawkesbury, reg. 1866/19810 [registration of date of birth shows 13 July however newspaper notice and baptism records shows 18 July], baptised 26 August 1866 St Paul's Church, Papanui, Christchurch by L. Moore, sponsors Edward Circuit Latter and the parents, died 8 March 1936 at his residence "Beverley," 43 Clyde Road, Riccarton, Christchurch aged 69 years, reg. 1936/15241, buried Riccarton Churchyard, Christchurch, married 26 November 1890 at St Mary's Church, Timaru by Bishop Harper, reg. 1890/3267, Ellen Laura Amy Perry "Nellie" only daughter of Arthur Perry, Beverley, Timaru, she died 24 November 1931 at "Matata," Cave, South Canterbury, aged 61 years, reg. 1931/10372, buried Riccarton Churchyard, Christchurch.
issue:
5a. Shona Heaton Rhodes born 7 April 1902, Meadowbank, Christchurch, reg. 1902/6637, died 18 August 1999 Timaru, reg. 1999/17859, buried Timaru Cemetery General Section, Row 11, plot 333, married 14 October 1925 St Peter's Church, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch by Rev. H. T. York, Benjamin Hinds Howell born 3 December 1896, son of William Barker Howell and Annie Elizabeth Moorhouse and grandson of Dr. Benjamin Michael Moorhouse [this was the fourth wedding between members of the Rhodes and Moorhouse families], reg. 1897/3106, died 29 August 1984 Timaru, buried Timaru Cemetery General Section, Row 11, plot 333.
6. Emily Gertrude Rhodes born 13 May 1869, "Elmwood", [registration of birth not found], baptised 27 June 1869 St Mary's Church, Merivale by L. Moore, sponsors Emily Palmer [daughter of Sir James Hurtle Fisher] and the parents, died 22 September 1967 Burntisland, Scotland, married 18 October 1893 St Mary's Church, Merivale, Christchurch by Bishop Julius, witnessed by David Boyle, Earl of Glasgow, Governor of New Zealand, Dorothea Elizabeth Thomasina Hunter Blair, Countess of Glasgow and Joseph Francis Studholme, reg. 1893/317, Major Reginald Stanley Hunter Blair [then Captain, Gordon Highlanders], born 18 November 1861, younger son of Sir Edward Hunter Blair, fourth baronet of Dunskey and Elizabeth Wauchope and brother of the Countess of Glasgow, died 11 October 1948 at his son's home, Camsie House, Charleston, Fifeshire, Scotland, [he was thought to be one of the last survivors in the Egyptian campaign - Anglo-Egyptian War -
of 1882 [12]. issue:
6a. David Walter Hunter Blair born 22 July 1894, died 6 March 1961
6b. Alister Hunter Blair born 25 April 1896, died 9 May 1915
6c. Ronald Hunter Blair R.N., D.S.C., born 23 December 1898, died 30 July 1968, married 18 December 1929 St Mark's Church, Remuera, Auckland, reg. 1929/7583, Nancye Murry Colbeck daughter of Wilfred Bruno Colbeck and Julia Thorne George
6d. Reginald Eustace Hunter Blair born 27 February 1905, died 17 May 1931, drowned at Ceylon
6e. Elizabeth Anne Hunter Blair born 12 June 1909, married 1933 Abraham Eyre Chatterton, born 23 July 1904 in Enniskerry, Ireland son of Abraham Chatterton and Elizabeth Eva Waller
7. William Heaton Rhodes born 12 May 1870, "Elmwood", Christchurch, reg. 1870/29163, baptised 12 June 1870 St Peter's Church, Papanui, Christchurch by Lorenzo Moore, sponsors, William Barnard Rhodes and the parents, accidently killed 27 October 1894 Oxford University aged 24 years, buried at the churchyard at King's Sutton, Northamptonshire. The grave is at the south-east corner close to the grave of Sophia Louisa Waller, the sister of William Aubrey Willes [13], who was buried there on 30 June 1883.
8. Katherine Agnes Rhodes born 20 September 1871, "Elmwood", [registration of birth not found], baptised 26 November 1871 St Paul's Church, Papanui, Christchurch by L. Moore, sponsors Catherine Ellen Douglas Campbell [nee Miller] and the parents, died 1 May 1872 "Elmwood" aged 7 months, reg. 1872/8188, buried 3 May 1872, St Paul's Anglican Church Cemetery, Papanui, Christchurch.
[1] Lyttelton Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1088, 15 April 1863, page 4
[2] The Herald (Melbourne, Vic.), Thu 26 May 1864, page 3
[3] Press, Volume IV, Issue 514, 22 June 1864, page 2
[4] Press, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3863, 8 December 1877, page 2
[5] Press, Volume XXII, Issue 2815, 17 August 1874, page 2
[6] Globe, Volume I, Issue 70, 21 August 1874, page 2
[7] George Rhodes of the Levels and his Brothers, A. E. Woodhouse, 1937, page 206
[8] The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Wed 28 Nov 1877, Page 4
[9] Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic), Sat 1 Dec 1877, page 14
[10] Lyttelton Times, Volume XX, Issue 1134, 23 September 1863, Page 4
[11] Lyttelton Times, Volume IV, Issue 219, 6 December 1854, Page 5
[12] Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25625, 14 October 1948, Page 6
[13] Press, Volume LI, Issue 8973, 11 December 1894, Page 5