Alfred Richard Creyke JP[1] (1 September 1831 – 30 November 1892) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in Canterbury, New Zealand.
Of English descent, he spent just over ten years in the colony before returning home.
The ship left the East India Docks in London on 18 June 1851 and arrived in Lyttelton on 18 October with 143 passengers and staff on board.
[5] Watts-Russell bought the Dalethorpe run off the Deans brothers from Riccarton in 1851 and owned it until 1866, when he sold most of his property prior to going overseas.
The area is these days the largest remaining length of strip shopping in Christchurch, with Colombo Street running through it.
[22] Alfred Creyke died on 30 November 1892 in Holbrook, a suburb of Horsham in West Sussex.
Through his will, he distributed his wealth to his wider family plus his wife, who also inherited all his remaining estate in New Zealand.
Okeover Stream is a tributary to the Avon River and flows through the university grounds.