notable orchardist and entrepreneur of the early New Zealand colony and the son of William Williams. His daughter Susannah Beetham married the farmer and politician Cecil Fitzroy in 1878. William Beetham was grandfather to 32 children. Those with national recognition in NZ were Thyra Talvase Bethell MBE a NZ Red Cross organiser. Maude Burge (b. 1865) a NZ artist who trained under C.F. Goldie and became a painting companion of fellow New Zealand artist Frances Hodgkins. Heathcote Beetham Williams who held a law degree from Cambridge University and established Eastwoodhill Arboretum as a charitable trust: the National arboretum of New Zealand, as well as funding the H.B. Williams memorial library in Gisborne, New Zealand. Books and publications Exhibition Catalogue – An exhibition of oils, watercolours, pastels, miniatures and sketches by William Beetham, Wairarapa Arts Centre. 1973 They Came To Wydrop – by David Yerex. 1991. Hardback. Colonial Constructs: European Images of the Maori, 1840–1914 – by Leonard Bell. 1992. Ebook 2013 Reading On The Farm – by Lydia Wevers, a history of the Brancepeth Library. 2011. Paperback. In The Boar's Path: Brancepeth A journey to the heart of a pastoral kingdom – by Gareth Winter & Alex Hedley. 2012. Hardback. Exhibition Catalogue – Te Rū Movers & Shakers: Early New Zealand Portraits by William Beetham. 2013. . Exhibitions An exhibition of oils, watercolours, pastels, miniatures and sketches by William Beetham. Wairarapa Arts Centre – 1973. Curated by Guy Ramsden Te Rū Movers and Shakers – Early New Zealand portraits by William Beetham – New Zealand Portrait Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand, 2013. Curated by Jane Vial. Close To Home – William Beetham Portraits – Aratoi Museum, Masterton, New Zealand. 2014 References External links Art UK Corporation, United Kingdom – William Beetham paintings NZ National Portrait Gallery – William Beetham exhibition Aratoi - William Beetham exhibition William Beetham painting of Nathaniel Bond Family Heritage NZ, Brancepeth Station William Beetham – Masterton Archive William Beetham – Guardian of Nuku-Tewhatewha Beetham Estate Wine from Lansdowne 1809 births 1888 deaths English portrait painters 19th-century New Zealand painters 19th-century New Zealand male artists