Charles Treadwell
Charles Treadwell | |
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| Member of the Wellington City Council | |
| In office 19 November 1947 – 31 October 1953 | |
| Constituency | At-large |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Charles Archibald Lawrance Treadwell 15 May 1889 Lower Hutt, New Zealand |
| Died | 30 August 1966 Wellington, New Zealand |
| Political party | Reform |
| Spouse | Irene Gwendoline Webb |
| Relations | Charles J. Treadwell (son) |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Victoria University College |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | New Zealand Army |
| Years of service | 1914–19; 1939–45 |
| Rank | .svg){kind=small} Colonel |
| Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
Charles Archibald Lawrance Treadwell OBE OSC (15 May 1889 – 30 August 1966) was a New Zealand lawyer, soldier, author and politician.
Biography
[edit]Early life
[edit]Treadwell was born in Lower Hutt in 1889. He was educated at Wellington College and later studied law at Victoria College. During his legal studies he worked as a clerk in a Wellington legal firm before becoming an associate to Justice William Sim in Dunedin.[1]
Military career
[edit]During World War I he served in Egypt then in France, with the New Zealand Division. Later in 1917 he went on a three-months tour of training in England but was later admitted to hospital. He organised a wills department and general law office which he ran until his return to New Zealand in June 1919.[2] In the 1919 Birthday Honours he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for valuable services rendered in connection with the war.[3] In 1927 he became legal staff officer to the central command, lectured and examined military law. In the Second World War he left New Zealand with the First Echelon as Deputy-Judge Advocate General. He was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel in Egypt. On his return to New Zealand he was appointed Deputy-Judge Advocate and on the death of Colonel Claude Weston, was appointed Judge Advocate General with the rank of Colonel. He wrote several military books, and was part-author of the official history of the Wellington Regiment.[2] He retired from the post of Judge Advocate General of the New Zealand Military Forces in 1955.[4]
Diplomatic career
[edit]He was vice-consul for Brazil in 1932 and Consul in 1938.[2] In February 1966 Treadwell was conferred with the Order of the Southern Cross, in the rank of chevalier, to recognise his 25 years service as consul for Brazil in New Zealand.[5]
Political career
[edit]He stood for Parliament unsuccessfully at the 1935 general election in the Wellington North electorate for the Reform Party.[6]
For five years he was a member of the Wellington Hospital Board from 1933 to 1938 and was also an inspector of mental hospitals.[2] Treadwell was elected, on the Citizens' Association ticket, to the Wellington City Council at the 1947 election. Re-elected in 1950 he was defeated in 1953.[7]
Later life and death
[edit]He was president of the Wellington District Law Society in 1951. He retired as senior partner in Wellington's oldest legal firm in May 1957.[2] In 1959 he was commissioned by the Hutt River Board to write a history of the Hutt River and its development. Later historian David McGill referred to it as the definitive work on the subject.[8]
Treadwell died in Wellington in 1966, aged 77.[2]
Works by Treadwell
[edit]- Treadwell, Charles Archibald Lawrance; Parry, Evan Sydney (1927). Workers' compensation in New Zealand. Auckland: Whitcombe & Tombs. OCLC 36870409.
- Cunningham, William Henry; Hanna, J.S.; Treadwell, Charles Archibald Lawrance (1928). The Wellington Regiment N.Z.E.F. 1914–1919. Feguson and Osborn Ltd. OCLC 904059539.
- Treadwell, Charles Archibald Lawrance (1936). Recollections of an amateur soldier. New Plymouth: T. Avery & Sons Ltd. OCLC 35140843.
- Treadwell, Charles Archibald Lawrance (1936). Notable New Zealand trials. New Plymouth: T. Avery & Sons Ltd. OCLC 16390860.
- New Zealand Army; Weston, Claude Horace; Treadwell, Charles Archibald Lawrance (1937). Handbook of Military Law as Applicable to the New Zealand Military Forces. G.H. Loney, Government Printer.
- Treadwell, Charles Archibald Lawrance (1954). The Wellesley Club, 1891–1953. Wellington: Whitcombe & Tombs. OCLC 154256421.
- Treadwell, Charles Archibald Lawrance (1959). The Hutt River : its history and its conquest. Lower Hutt: Hutt River Board. OCLC 43075345.
Notes
[edit]- ^ "The Author". Otago Daily Times. No. 23114. 13 February 1937. p. 4.
- ^ a b c d e f "Obituary – Mr C. A. L. Treadwell". The Press. Vol. CVI, no. 31155. 3 September 1966. p. 23.
- ^ "No. 31684". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 December 1919. p. 15457.
- ^ "Personal Items". The Press. Vol. XCI, no. 27668. 26 May 1955. p. 12.
- ^ "Personal Items". The Press. Vol. CV, no. 30975. 3 February 1966. p. 12.
- ^ The General Election, 1935. National Library. 1936. pp. 1–35. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
- ^ Betts 1970, pp. 261.
- ^ McGill, David (1991). Lower Hutt – The First Garden City. Petone, New Zealand: Lower Hutt City Council. p. 227. ISBN 1-86956-003-5.
References
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- Betts, George (1970). Betts on Wellington: A City and its Politics. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed Ltd. ISBN 0-589-00469-7.
- 1889 births
- 1966 deaths
- People educated at Wellington College, Wellington
- Victoria University of Wellington alumni
- 20th-century New Zealand lawyers
- New Zealand military personnel of World War I
- New Zealand military personnel of World War II
- New Zealand Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- 20th-century New Zealand non-fiction writers
- Reform Party (New Zealand) politicians
- Unsuccessful candidates in the 1935 New Zealand general election
- Wellington City Councillors
- Wellington Hospital Board members