Welcome to the Wynyard Family Web Site

The Aotearoa version

This is a blog site which has been established to build the knowledge of the Wynyard family since the arrival of Robert Henry Wynyard in Aotearoa in October 1845.

Mary Ann Wynyard (daughter of Gladwyn and Mary Anne)

According to our local expert (Natalie) the trail of Mary Ann, the second child of Gladwyn and Mary Anne has been hard to pin down in her...

Jul 3, 20231 min read

Connections with California

Thanks to Natalie, here is a newsletter from Friends of the Marysville cemetery who were responsible for the restoration of William Henry...

Aug 26, 20221 min read

Gladwyn Wynyard

Gladwyn John Richard Wynyard 12/1/1831 to 11/2/1871 I have found Gladwyn’s story the hardest to get to the bottom of. Gladwyn was the...

May 7, 20211 min read

Family stories

Families always have stories that get passed down through the generations. Here is one. I have read a family story that was conveyed in a...

May 7, 20211 min read

Ruapekapeka Commemoration

The battle at Ruapekapeka was huge for the Wynyard family. RH Wynyard was second in command of the British army and on the other side...

Dec 21, 20201 min read

The evidence

This post includes the supporting evidence for the previous post. It is interesting that Robert (RHW) felt the need to set the record...

Dec 12, 20201 min read

In his own words

This document was written by RH Wynyard in 1858. It is a justification of why he held 3 of the most important posts in the colony at the...

Dec 12, 20201 min read

The story of Marore

This will be of particular interest to whanau in Taranaki. I don't have the details of who wrote it or when it was published though. I...

Nov 23, 20201 min read

Wynyard Coat of Arms

If you would like to have the Wynyard Coat of Arms printed and put on your wall (or whatever) then this version will print well. Worth...

Oct 27, 20201 min read

Commentary of RH Wynyard and the 58th Regiment

This is a somewhat pompous but interesting description of Robert Henry Wynyard written by Captain H. Eyre-Kenny in 1913 when he was a...

Oct 26, 20201 min read

RH Wynyard's Diary 1819-1863

Robert Henry Wynyard kept a diary but I think it is safe to say it is fairly minimalist. Some of the comments are quite brutal in their...

Oct 25, 20201 min read

Meeting at Patapata, Coromandel

I am uncertain who wrote this account of the meeting, but it was included in P. Werry's Masters thesis.

Sep 21, 20201 min read

Letters relating to the Covette of the Republic, l'Alcmene

Below are the letters sent to RHW in relation to his part in helping the crew of the shipwrecked French ship the Covette de Republic,...

Sep 20, 20201 min read

Major General Robert Henry Wynyard - his life in Aotearoa

Amongst the many family documents I have recently come into possession of is a thesis about RHW's contribution to the early government in...

Sep 16, 20201 min read

Useful links to family information

This is not so much a blog post as a collection of links to information about the family on line. Also stories that are relevant to the...

Nov 18, 20191 min read

The Wynyard Reunion 2018

The Wynyard family reunion was held at Waitangi in November 2018. It was a lovely event which brought parts of the wider whanau together...

Nov 8, 20192 min read