OBITUARY

Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23054, 24 June 1940, Page 8

OBITUARY

MR WILLIAM IZARD Mr William Izard, who was at one time one of the leading solicitors of Christchurch, died last week at the age of 89. Mr Izard was born in London in 1851, and was educated at Basingstoke and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He married Miss Penfold, of Madeira, and they arrived in New Zealand on Christmas Day, 1875. After practising in Wellington for a time, Mr Izard came to Christchurch, where he went into partnership with the late Mr H. H. Loughnan. The partnership, which was entered into ‘‘without a scratch of the pen,” cemented a life-long friendship and lasted more than 50 years. Earlier in bis career Mr Izard was a member of the Musical Union and the Liedertafel. being the possessor of a beautiful tenor voice. It was largely as a result of Mr Izard’s efforts that the Liedertafel was formed nearly 60 years ago. He was a member of the Board of Governors of Canterbury College and lectured there. Mr Izard also belonged to the Acclimatisation Society, being a keen fly fisherman, and with the late Dr. Moorhouse erected one of the first huts at the Selwyn. Before his'death he was the oldest living member of the Christchurch Club. Mr Izard was predeceased by three of his chilldren —Mr W. A. Izard, a solicitor of Wanganui. Mr B. M. Izard, of Round Top. and Mrs J. F. Poulton, of Christchurch. His wife died in 1917. The only surviving member of the family is Mrs R. T. Richards, of Sumner, where Mr Izard was living at the time of his death.