Edward Dobson

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Edward Dobson (1816 - 1908) arrived in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1850, and was Provincial Engineer for the Canterbury Province from 1854 to 1868.

He was responsible for designing and overseeing the construction of many important public works. He designed a system of railways for the province, and by the time he retired, the Canterbury Great Southern Railway had reached Lyttelton and advanced as far south as the Selwyn River.

His sons Sir Arthur Dudley Dobson (1841-1934) and Edward Dobson (1847-1934) were also prominent in New Zealand. Son George Dobson (1840-1866) was murdered by Richard Burgess and the other Maungatapu Murderers.

His daughter Mary married Sir Julius von Haast in 1863.

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