Thomas Rowley (runholder)

His father was a member of the Canterbury Association and Dean-designate for ChristChurch Cathedral, but never came to the colony.

[2] Rowley senior joined the Canterbury Association on 10 April 1851 as a committee member.

Rowley senior bought RS 85 west of Christchurch in the Riccarton area, from which the suburb of Middleton developed.

Rowley senior was chosen as the Dean-designate for the yet to be built ChristChurch Cathedral, but he never came out to the colony.

[3][6] His younger brother John Cotton Rowley (d. 1886 aged 46)[2] also came to Canterbury, but at a different time.

[2][8] The homestead is today the library of primary pupils of Middleton Grange School.

Her father was the first vicar of the Church of St Michael and All Angels, which at the time was Christchurch's pro-cathedral.

[21] In 1863, Rowley decided to return to England, and he advertised that he needed to receive open accounts by the end of the year.

[22] Rowley, his wife and four children left New Zealand on 4 February 1864 on the White Star for London to settle on Guernsey.