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William Hughes Field (17 July 1861 – 13 December 1944) was a Member of Parliament in New Zealand; first for the Liberal Party, then Independent, and then for the Reform Party. He made a significant contribution to the development of tramping in the Tararua Range. ==Private life== Field was born in Wanganui in 1861, the fourth son of Henry Claylands Field (1825–1912) and his wife Margaret Symes Field. Field was a lawyer practising in Wellington. Henry Augustus Field (1852–1899) was his elder brother. Tom Field (1914–1919), MHR (Member of the House of Representatives) for Nelson, was a relative. Field was a significant figure in the tramping history of the Tararua Range of which he helped to promote the development of its most popular tramping route, known as the Southern Crossing. Within the Tararuas, both Field Peak and Field Hut, the oldest remaining purpose-built tramping hut in New Zealand, are named after him. He was a founding member of the Tararua Tramping Club, one of the first of many tramping clubs in New Zealand. On 26 April 1893, Field married Isabel Hodgkins, also known as Cissy, at St. Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin.〔 They were to have two daughters and three sons. His wife was the daughter of the Dunedin painter and artist William Mathew Hodgkins. The celebrated painter Frances Hodgkins thus became his sister-in-law.〔 Their daughter Lydia married William Noel Pharazyn, who had obtained the rank of captain during the war, at St Paul's in Wellington in 1919. This was regarded as a 'society wedding', as the Pharazyns were a well-established family. Her husband's uncle and grandfather, Robert Pharazyn and Charles Johnson Pharazyn, had both been members of the Legislative Council. 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「William Hughes Field」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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