2. Sir Robert Heaton Rhodes KCVO KBE GCStJ VD born 27 February 1861, "Epworth Grange", reg. 1861/10838, died 30 July 1956 aged 95 years, "Otahuna", Tai Tapu, reg. 1956/21015, buried St Paul's Anglican Church Cemetery, 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, buried St Paul's Anglican Church Cemetery. No issue
3. Edith Mary Rhodes born 22 November or 28 October 1862, "Epworth Grange", reg. 1863/15243 [date of birth incorrectly registered as 22 November 1862], died 17 December 1951, Glenara, Bulla, Victoria, reg. 17527/1952, married 9 July 1888, St Mary's Church, Merivale, Christchurch, reg. 1888/2362 Alister Clark, he died 20 January 1949 aged 84 years. No issue.
4e. Edward Brian O'Rorke born 14 June 1901 Fendalton, Christchurch, [architect and interior designer], 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 13 or 18 July 1866 Hawkesbury, reg. 1866/19810 [registration of date of birth shows 13 July, newspaper notice shows 18 July], died 8 March 1936 at his residence "Beverley," 43 Clyde Road, Riccarton, Christchurch aged 69 years, reg. 1936/15241, married 26 November 1890 at St Mary's Church, Timaru by Bishop Harper, reg. 1890/3267, Ellen Laura Amy Perry only daughter of Arthur Perry, Beverley, Timaru, she died 24 November 1931 at "Matata," Cave, South Canterbury
issue:
5a. Shona Heaton Rhodes born 7 April 1902, Meadowbank, Christchurch, died 18 August 1999 Timaru, married 14 October 1925 Benjamin Hinds Howell
6. Emily Gertrude Rhodes born 13 May 1869, "Elmwood", [registration of birth not found], died 22 September 1967 Burntisland, Scotland, married 18 October 1893 St Mary's Church, Merivale, Christchurch, reg. 1893/317, Major Reginald Stanley Hunter Blair, born 18 November 1861, younger son of Sir Edward Hunter Blair, fourth baronet of Dunskey 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 born 23 December 1898, died 30 July 1968, married Nancy Colbeck of Auckland
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 [Mrs Chatterton]
7. William Heaton Rhodes born 12 May 1870, "Elmwood", Christchurch, reg. 1870/29163, 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 Mrs Waller, the sister of William Aubrey Willes [13].
8. Katherine Agnes Rhodes born 20 September 1871, "Elmwood", [registration of birth not found], died 1 May 1872 "Elmwood" aged 7 months, reg. 1872/8188, buried St Paul's Anglican Church Cemetery.
[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