Arthur Thomas Bate

Arthur Thomas Bate (28 January 1855 – 14 January 1922) was a New Zealand sharebroker, public servant and philatelist.

Biography

Born in Saint Helier, Jersey on 28 January 1855,[1] Bate was employed as a "lad clerk" in the accountants department of the Great Western Railway at Paddington Station, London from 1872 to 1874.[1][2] He emigrated to New Zealand in 1874 on the ship Langstone and settled in Wellington. He was a public servant for 18 years, rising to the rank of ministerial private secretary. In 1893 he went into business on his own account, becoming a land, financial, insurance and general commission agent and sharebroker.[3] He served as chairman of the Wellington Stock Exchange from 1909 for seven years.[4]

Outside of business, Bate served as secretary of the Wellington Rugby Football Union and the Wellington Cricket Association and as a member of the New Zealand Rugby Union.[4]

He died in Wellington on 14 January 1922 and was buried at Karori Cemetery.[5][6]

Philately

He was the curator of the New Zealand government stamp collection[7] and was entered on the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1921.[8]

In the world of philately, his death resulted in obituaries in the Australian Philatelist, Stamp Collecting, Australian Stamp Journal, Stamp Herald and the New Zealand Stamp Collector.

References

  1. 1 2 "UK, Railway Employment Records, 1833–1956 [database on-line]". Ancestry.com. Ancestry.com Operations. 2011.
  2. ↑ "1871 Channel Islands Census [database on-line]". Ancestry.com. Ancestry.com Operations. 2004.
  3. ↑ Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Wellington Provincial District. Wellington: Cyclopedia Company. 1897. p. 559. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Obituary: Mr. A.T. Bate". Evening Post. 16 January 1922. p. 8. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "Deaths". Evening Post. 16 January 1922. p. 1. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  6. ↑ "The Late Mr. A.T. Bate". Evening Post. 17 April 1922. p. 8. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  7. ↑ Birch, Brian (2013). Biographies of philatelists and dealers (PDF) (13 ed.). Wigan: Standish. p. 289. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  8. ↑ "Background notes on The Roll of Distinguished Philatelists September 2011" (PDF). Roll of Distinguished Philatelists Trust, London. 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2014.


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