Heaton Rhodes

The Honourable Sir Heaton Rhodes KCVO KBE VD
Heaton Rhodes in 1915
Member of the New Zealand Parliament for Ellesmere
In office 6 December 1899 – 14 October 1925
Personal details
Born	27 February 1861 Purau, Banks Peninsula
Died	30 July 1956(1956-07-30) (aged 95) Taitapu, Banks Peninsula
Relations	Robert Heaton Rhodes (father)

Sir Robert Heaton Rhodes KCVO KBE VD (27 February 1861 – 30 July 1956), usually known as Sir Heaton Rhodes, was a New Zealand politician and lawyer.

Rhodes was born in Purau on Banks Peninsula, the son of sheep farmer and politician Robert Heaton Rhodes. He came to England to attend Brasenose College, Oxford, from which he graduated in 1884. He was called to the bar by the Inner Temple in 1887.

He then returned to New Zealand, joined the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade, and served in the Second Boer War in 1902 with the 8th New Zealand Contingent. He later went on to command the 1st Mounted Rifles in the New Zealand Territorial Force. After retirement he was Honorary Colonel of the 1st Mounted Rifles.

He represented the Ellesmere electorate in the House of Representatives from 1899 to 1925, during which time he joined the Reform Party. He retired in 1925 and was appointed to the Legislative Council, in which he served until 1941, with a short break between 1932 and 1934.