Marmaduke George Nixon
Died 27 May 1864
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- Lieutenant Colonel/Military AWMM
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- Regular Military Service AWMM
- New Zealand Wars AWMM
About
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- Marmaduke George AWMM
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- Nixon AWMM
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Member of the House of Representatives for Franklin, 1861-1864 AWMM - Next of kin
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Wars and conflicts
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- Regular Military Service AWMM
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- Battle of Maharajpore AWMM
- 1860-1861 AWMM Taranaki War 1860-1861 AWMM
- Pukekohe East (14 September 1863) AWMM
- Rangiaowhia (21 February 1864) AWMM
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- Militia AWMM
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- Military service
- Coorg Campaign, 1833 AWMM
- Maharajpur conflict, 1843 AWMM
- Auckland Militia AWMM
- Royal Volunteer Calvalry AWMM
- Colonial Defence Force Calvalry AWMM
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Training and Enlistment
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- Royal Military College, Sandhurst AWMM
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- Pre WW1 1831 AWMM
- Pre WW1 1860 AWMM
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- Pre WW1 Vessel was Cresswell AWMM Ensign/Military AWMM
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- Hospital Diseases , Wounds, New Zealand Wars AWMM
Wounded 21 February 1864 near Te Awamutu AWMM - Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
- Hospital Diseases , Wounds, New Zealand Wars AWMM
Last known rank
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- Lieutenant Colonel/Military AWMM
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Biographical information
- Date of birth 1813 or 1814
Son of Henry Nixon, an army officer, and Elizabeth Browne.
After serving in the 39th (Dorset's) Regiment of Foot in India, he retired from service in 1851 and emigrated to New Zealand, where he purchased a farm at Tautauroa, near Mangere.
He was a member of the House of Representatives
When the First Taranaki War broke out in 1860, Nixon resumed his military career by joining the Auckland Militia and the Royal Volunteer Calvalry as a Lieutenant-Colonel.
On 21 February, during the attack on a Maori supply base at Rangiawhia, Nixon was shot in the chest. He died of these wounds several months later.
Cemetery records from Auckland City Libraries appear to be incorrect. The Monument in his honour at the junction of Great South and Mangere Roads, has a note on the bottom of the transferred headstone stating "remains transferred to this site 25 April 1968." AWMM - The piece about the Cemetery records appearing to be incorrect is true. I recall his remains being transferred to Otahuhu when the Symonds St Cemetery was cut across during motorway construction.
I have followed Major Nixons story closely over the years as my late father was born on a farm at the end of Nixon Road, Mangere, which had been owned by Major Nixon up to the time of his death.
Happy to be contacted if you wish.
Brian PotterPublic - Brian - Researcher - 18 August 2020 - personal recollection and family story
- Date of birth 1813 or 1814
About death
- Death
- 27 May 1864 AWMM
Age 50 AWMM
Auckland AWMM - Date of death
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- Died of wounds AWMM
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- Symonds Street Cemetery, 105 Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
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Memorial
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- Nixon Memorial, Great South Road, Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Cowan, J. (1922). The New Zealand wars
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-Cow01NewZ.html
Sources Used - Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Nixon Memorial, Otahuhu, Auckland.
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/nixon-memorial-otahuhu
Further Reference - The inaugural ceremony. (1868, May 14). Daily Southern cross, p. 3.
http://www.paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=DSC18680514.2.16.4&cl=&srpos=0&e=-------10--1----0WILLIAM+EDWARD+KNOWLES--
Further Reference - The Keep Military Museum, Dorchester, Dorset, England. Biography.
http://www.keepmilitarymuseum.org/nixon.php?&dx=1&ob=3&rpn=empire
Further Reference - New Zealand History online. War in Waikato.
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/war-in-waikato
Further Reference
- Cowan, J. (1922). The New Zealand wars
- References
- Gudgeon, E.W. (1887). The defenders of New Zealand : being a short biography of colonists who distinguished themselves in upholding Her Majesty's supremacy in these islands. Auckland, N.Z.: H. Brett.
- Gudgeon, E.W. (1887). The defenders of New Zealand : being a short biography of colonists who distinguished themselves in upholding Her Majesty's supremacy in these islands. Auckland, N.Z.: H. Brett.
Gudgeon, E.W. (1887).. pp. 156-158. - Oliver, W.H. (Ed.) (1990). The Dictionary of New Zealand biography. 1769-1869 (Vol. 1). Wellington, N.Z.: Allen & Unwin/Department of Internal Affairs.
Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Vol. 1, pp. 319-320. - Information kindly provided by family
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