John Beatty Gresson (1848-1891) Barrister and Solicitor
• Arrived in 1854, aged six, the son of Canterbury's first Judge.
• Educated at Christ's College and Cambridge University.
• St Paul's parishioner, & friend of Caleb Whitefoord, also buried here.
• Married Frances Helen Mary Macfarlane in 1875, had six children, one born after John died:
Kenneth Macfarlane Gresson (1891-1974), who was the first President of the NZ Court of Appeal, and knighted for his contribution to the legal profession.
He is also buried here.
• Was a self-injecting morphine user who ‘was playing fast and loose with his client's money'. When he was killed falling under a train at Rangiora station, it was probably suicide.
• His spinster daughter, Kathleen (1876-1961) also buried here.
• Arrived in 1854, aged six, the son of Canterbury's first Judge.
• Educated at Christ's College and Cambridge University.
• St Paul's parishioner, & friend of Caleb Whitefoord, also buried here.
• Married Frances Helen Mary Macfarlane in 1875, had six children, one born after John died:
Kenneth Macfarlane Gresson (1891-1974), who was the first President of the NZ Court of Appeal, and knighted for his contribution to the legal profession.
He is also buried here.
• Was a self-injecting morphine user who ‘was playing fast and loose with his client's money'. When he was killed falling under a train at Rangiora station, it was probably suicide.
• His spinster daughter, Kathleen (1876-1961) also buried here.
John Beatty Gresson (1848-1891) Barrister and Solicitor
• Arrived in 1854, aged six, the son of Canterbury's first Judge.
• Educated at Christ's College and Cambridge University.
• St Paul's parishioner, & friend of Caleb Whitefoord, also buried here.
• Married Frances Helen Mary Macfarlane in 1875, had six children, one born after John died:
Kenneth Macfarlane Gresson (1891-1974), who was the first President of the NZ Court of Appeal, and knighted for his contribution to the legal profession.
He is also buried here.
• Was a self-injecting morphine user who ‘was playing fast and loose with his client's money'. When he was killed falling under a train at Rangiora station, it was probably suicide.
• His spinster daughter, Kathleen (1876-1961) also buried here.
• Arrived in 1854, aged six, the son of Canterbury's first Judge.
• Educated at Christ's College and Cambridge University.
• St Paul's parishioner, & friend of Caleb Whitefoord, also buried here.
• Married Frances Helen Mary Macfarlane in 1875, had six children, one born after John died:
Kenneth Macfarlane Gresson (1891-1974), who was the first President of the NZ Court of Appeal, and knighted for his contribution to the legal profession.
He is also buried here.
• Was a self-injecting morphine user who ‘was playing fast and loose with his client's money'. When he was killed falling under a train at Rangiora station, it was probably suicide.
• His spinster daughter, Kathleen (1876-1961) also buried here.
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