13 Facts About Heaton Rhodes

Heaton Rhodes went to England to attend Hereford Cathedral School and then studied at Brasenose College, Oxford, from which he graduated in 1884.

Heaton Rhodes was called to the bar by the Inner Temple in 1887.

Heaton Rhodes then returned to New Zealand, joined the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade, and served in the Second Boer War in 1902 with the 8th New Zealand Contingent.

Heaton Rhodes later went on to command the 1st Mounted Rifles in the New Zealand Territorial Force.

Heaton Rhodes retired in 1925 and was appointed to the Legislative Council, in which he served until 1941, with a short break between 1932 and 1934.

Heaton Rhodes served as Postmaster-General and Minister for Public Health, Hospitals and Tourist Resorts in the Cabinet from 1912 to 1915, when he was appointed Special Commissioner to Egypt and Galilee to report on the conditions of New Zealand troops serving there.

In 1920, Heaton Rhodes returned to New Zealand and was appointed Minister of Defence.

From 1926 to 1928, Heaton Rhodes was Deputy Leader of the Legislative Council and minister without portfolio.

Heaton Rhodes was vice-president of the Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship in Canterbury in the 1930s.

Heaton Rhodes bred pedigree cattle at Otahuna, Tai Tapu, where he grew daffodils.

Heaton Rhodes had a large collection of New Zealand Chalon head postage stamps.

Heaton Rhodes was President of the Royal Philatelic Society of New Zealand and signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1949.

Heaton Rhodes was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal in 1935.