Sefton Moorhouse and Lucy Ellen Sykes Moorhouse who married John Studholme. Though he had no children by either wife, about 1850 he and a Māori woman called Mary had a daughter, Mary Ann. William and Sarah loved his daughter, and Sarah adopted her. She was provided for in her father's will. In spite of this Mary Ann challenged the will. She lost her case in the New Zealand Supreme Court but she was awarded £750,000 on appeal to the Privy Council. William Barnard Rhodes is buried at Bolton Street Memorial Park, and his grave is part of the memorial trail. Sarah Ann Rhodes died at the beginning of January 1914 aged 77. She made many charitable bequests including trusts for the university education of young women. One-ninth of her estate went to Victoria College for the education of women and another one-ninth went to the Wellington Boys' Institute. Descendants W B Rhodes' daughter, Mary Ann Rhodes, married her stepmother's younger brother Edward Moorhouse in Wellington in 1883. They moved to England and raised four children, including William Barnard Moorhouse and Mary Rhodes Moorhouse. Shortly before William Barnard Moorhouse married in 1912, as required by the will of his grandfather, he changed his name to William Barnard Rhodes-Moorhouse. Rhodes-Moorhouse was killed in action in April 1915, he was the first airman awarded the Victoria Cross. His only child was killed in action with the RAF over Tonbridge Kent in September 1940. Mary Rhodes Moorhouse-Pekkala was married to the Finnish Socialist politician Eino Pekkala. She emigrated to Finland in 1928. The Rhodes brothers Rhodes was the eldest of 14 children. Three brothers followed him to New Zealand; Robert Heaton (1815–1884) of Christchurch, George (1816–1864) of Timaru and Joseph (1826–1905) of Clive, Hawkes Bay. Notes References George Rhodes of the Levels and his brothers by A.E. Woodhouse (1937, Whitcombe & Tombs, Auckland) External links 24 Sefton Street, the tram shelter and the Lennel Road cutting Highland Park, Rhodes Estate subdivision publicity material 1912 The Rhodes Brothers from the 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand 1807 births 1878 deaths Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives Members of the New Zealand Legislative Council Members of the Wellington Provincial Council New Zealand farmers People from Lincolnshire English emigrants to New Zealand Burials at Bolton Street Cemetery Unsuccessful candidates in the 1866 New Zealand general election Unsuccessful candidates in the 1855 New Zealand general election New