Frederick Orton Hamilton
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Frederick Orton Hamilton (27 December 1873 – 25 July 1945) was a Nelson, New Zealand wool, grain, and produce and general merchant who led the development of his region's horticulture.
He was born in Greymouth, West Coast, New Zealand on 27 December 1873 second son, by his first wife Sarah Jane Orton, of the fourteen children of Francis Hamilton, then a hardware merchant and later a mayor of Greymouth.[1]
Frederick married Isabelle Porter, second daughter of Colonel T W Porter and Herewaka Porourani Potae who was to inherit the high rank of Ariki Tapirau in Te Whanau-a-Apanui. Frederick and Isabelle were leading personalities in Nelson. She died in 1936, he died in 1945. They were survived by four daughters and two sons.[1]