My Account
Origins of a name
Leigh was named after Rev. Samuel Leigh, an English missionary who is credited with establishing the first Wesleyan church missions in Australasia. He made only two brief visits to NZ in the early 1880s, working almost exclusively in the Bay of Islands. On his last departure in September 1823, he was aboard the Brampton when it was shipwrecked on Moturoa Island. After leaving NZ he worked in Australia and then returned to England to retire.
Distinguished son
Former Ti Point School pupil John Angus Dunning had an outstanding career as an academic and a NZ test cricketer. He was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and had a distinguished teaching career in Australia including 21 years as headmaster of Prince Alfred College, in Adelaide, one of Australia’s leading public schools. He was awarded the OBE in 1965.
Source, The Rock and the Sky, by H. Mabbett
