Posts by: MrDuffyNZ

Dear all I am trying to get a true evaluation of an autograph book for NZ and insurance .Yes I can only view it on cam for now.A Shakespeare's Birthday book printed 1880,belonged to A Surgeon Dr Thomas Leslie Crooke b Mar04 1861 Sheffield Uk matriculated Edinburgh University 1882 arrived NZ 1899 as Senior Medical Officer Christchurch Hospital Died 1943.He was the Dr to Lord Tennyson on the Isle of Wight.The Dr amassed some 800-900 autographs sadly( not Tennyson) but his son Lionel Tenyson Mar 16 and wife Eleanor B Tennyson nee Locker Aug 21.
John Dudgeon (Peking)April 7, produced the first book on photography in Chinese ,Ralph Stockman see Stockman Medal,Aug 3.D Noel Paton Mar 19,
Count Ferdinand de Jouffroy d 'abbans France Feb 28, Artist and Crimean War
Capt Edwyn F Temple Apr 21, Artist Scotland John Duncan,Artist Annie French, Poet Susan L Mitchell Ireland,Poet Emily Mary Barton (Grand mother to Banjo Paterson AB)
Commodore NZ Shipping Line Thomas Shailor Weston,Tea Planter Hunter Ceylon, Harry Story,Cricketer Hong Kong Frank Walkinshaw,Richard and Ralph Assheton,Heathcote Helmore Architects,Author Fegus Hume(The mystery of the Hanson cab),Major Rupert Cravern (Cecil).A.W Robin,Legion of Honour,John C Bradshaw (Christopher) youngest then in British empire to get Dr's Degree of Music aged 25yrs.Robert Heaton Rhodes,(Sir) son of R H Rhodes one of the great pioneering families to NZ,Archibald M Hamilton,Road Through Kurdistan and inventor of the Hamilton Baileys Bridge WW2, American Sculpture Lousia Eyre, Hymn writer Scotland Horatius Bonar Dec 19......
These are a few of the professions others are Clergy, A H Norris (Arthur Hugh),Eyre Chatterton (Nagpur),Campbell West Watson, Walter Averill, Land Owners Thomas Teschemaker,W K Macdonald, Thomas Kendall Fair (South America),Pioneers to NZ and over tworld,family,freinds ,colleagues,associates Masters of ships,troop carriers to WW1 and after and sailing Immigrants to NZ from Sailing ships to the age of Steam.
The Dr's sister Olive Louisa Crooke a pioneer pharmicist in WW! and NZ died on her journey home during WW2 in the bombing of the Queen's Guards Chapel London,his father Milward Crooke was Chaplin to the Armed Forces Crimean War,his mother Emily Crooke nee Hackett and sister to( VC recipient Thomas Bernard Hackett) all Thomas's brothers died in wars.
The oldest autograph is 1796 March 23 Robert Seymour Drought and atleast 80 autographs have not been interpreted yet?
There is much to write here but enough .This is a genuine article in almost mint condtion for age and where I discovered it.
Hope someone can help if not may find this of interest thanks.

Hi there Amanda I'm not sure if this is what you are looking for as it's not a story but could tell a story of WW1.I have an autograph book which once belonged to a pioneer Dr Surgeon Thomas L Crooke born 1861 Mar 04,born Sheffield UK and matriculated Edinburgh University 1882,arrived NZ 1899-1943( book long story)and in are names of Masters of ships that were the troop carriers to WW1 and the collectors after.Some military names have arisen whom were all in WW1 and some were at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.One in Particular was A W Robin (Alfred William)The Dr's sister was a pioneer Pharmacist during WW1 and has a sad ending in WW2..... If you'd like to contact me please E mail thanks MrDuffyNZ