Joseph Beswick

Joseph Sutton Beswick (1831 – 3 June 1888) was a 19th-century politician and a magistrate in Canterbury, New Zealand.

[6] He took up part of the Springfield Run early during his time in Canterbury but was reported to have abandoned it again, just as it had been done by brothers George Williamson and John Hall before him.

Then again, William Bray is described as the next licensee of this run and he received his license in August 1853; this was before Beswick had even reached New Zealand.

[6] Beswick was first mentioned in the Lyttelton Times in June 1854 when sheep owners voted to fill the position of scab inspector.

[9] Beswick returned home to Kingston upon Hull to marry Matilda Emily Horncastle at Christ Church on 18 July 1857.

[6] Beswick represented the Mandeville electorate in the Canterbury Provincial Council for many years.

[11] In January 1864, the Mandeville and Rangiora Road Board was established by the Canterbury Provincial Council.