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Charles Johnson Pharazyn (11 October 1802 – 16 August 1903) was a runholder, merchant, and member of the New Zealand Legislative Council. ==Biography== Pharazyn was born in London in 1802. He arrived in Wellington on the ''Jane'' on 24 May 1841 and established himself as a merchant. He later became a runholder, and he leased a run with William Fitzherbert in Palliser Bay. After a visit to England, he became a merchant again in partnership with, first John Johnston, and later Nathaniel Levin. He retired from business in 1871. He was eccentric; when he lost his spectacles in 1872, he walked through Wellington with a sign around his neck: "Lost, a pair of spectacles". He claimed that the Wellington newspapers were so dull that nobody read them, so advertising in them was pointless.〔 He took a cold bath every morning, by which he explained his good health until old age. Pharazyn was appointed to the Legislative Council on 17 June 1869 by Edward Stafford. He resigned from that role on 11 March 1885, so that his son Robert could succeed him.〔 This is said to be the closest case that the Legislative Council ever came to the hereditary principle.〔 Pharazyn was married three times. First, he married Harriet Maria in London in 1825. Secondly, he married Mary Catherine Buckland in London in 1832, who died in 1864. Thirdly, he married Jessica Rankin on 24 December 1867 at St. Paul's Church in Wellington. His third wife died in 1891, and his four sons also died before him.〔 Pharazyn died at the residence of his daughter-in-law, Mrs William Pharazyn, "Seacroft", Hobson Street, Thorndon, Wellington.〔Page 5, The Passing of a Centenarian. ''Evening Post'', Volume LXVI, Issue 41, 17 August 1903〕 Pharazyn's son Charles was a farmer in the Wairarapa.〔 The son of Charles Pharazyn, William Noel Pharazyn (1894–1980), was a soldier, businessman, journalist, lecturer and trade unionist. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Johnson Pharazyn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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