Waitotara memorial gates

I have been doing some limited research into William Hurnall Arthur Worsop's early life in England (he was my daughter-in-law's great-great uncle). His parents were William Arthur Worsop (of Howden in East Yorkshire) and Margaret Blanche Hurnall.
Please contact me if you would like further information (or you can find some on my MyHeritage tree).

Thanks Jamie for putting this information up online, I will pass it on to family, a couple of years late but I was just thinking of him for some strange reason and did a quick search and found your information.

The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]
Mr. Arthur Worsop
Mr. Arthur Worsop, the Headmaster of the Waitotara Public School, was born in Yorkshire, England, and received his education at one of the London schools, finishing at Oberstein, in Germany. He came to the colonies per ship “Achilles,” in 1870, and took up his abode in Otago, where he was engaged in teaching in Dunedin and other parts of the province for a period of eighteen years. Prior to coming to the North Island, Mr. Worsop had charge of the public school at Naseby, a school with a roll number of 200 children, and after holding this position for eight years, he was obliged to resign on account of his health, which had become very delicate. Consequently he left the South Island in 1888, and took charge of the rising generation at Waitotara, where he is much respected

I read up about your ancestor.. I found some things on him.. I dont know if he was a Reverend but I do know that he has been referred to as Brother W.H. Arthur Worsop and he was a freemason and was part of an org they called the Friendly society. I also found a piece of news in the death notice talking about a younger son of the late W H and J K Arthur-Worsop who died on March 12th 1926 in a private hospital in Alphonse Cambell of Hawera. His younger sons residence was 117 Wheturangi Road possibly in Hawera. His younger son was just mentioned as Arthur-Worsop. he also had a fifth son called Louis mainwaring arthur worsop who died aged 24 yrs and this son died in Auckland.

Hi Murray - there is a short entry about him in the Cyclopedia of NZ (1897): - I'm assuming this entry was written before he became a Reverend?
Jamie Mackay

I'm trying to find information about my great grand father the Rev William Hurnell Arthur-Worsop who was head teacher at Waitotara about 1874?
He came up from Naseby where he was head teacher in the early 1870's.
His wife was Jane Kerr and my grand parents and mother where all from Hawera.