Sir Kenneth Macfarlane Gresson (18 July 1891 – 7 October 1974) was a New Zealand soldier, lawyer, university lecturer and judge. He was born on 18 July 1891 and attended

Rangi Ruru Rangi Ruru Girls' School is a New Zealand private girls' day and boarding secondary school located in Merivale, an inner suburb of Christchurch. The school is affiliated to the Presbyterian Church, and serves approximately girls from Years 7 ...

. His father, John Beatty Gresson, was a solicitor in Christchurch, who died in a railway accident a few months before Kenneth Macfarlane Gresson was born. His grandfather,

Henry Barnes Gresson Henry Barnes Gresson (31 January 1809 – 31 January 1901) was a New Zealand judge. Early life Gresson was born in 1809 in County Meath, Ireland. His father, Rev George Leslie Gresson, was rector of Ardnurcher in County Westmeath. His mother wa ...

, was one of New Zealand's first

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judges. He was buried in a family grave at

St Paul's Anglican Church, Papanui St Paul's Anglican Church is a Category II listed heritage building in the Christchurch, New Zealand suburb of Papanui. History St Paul's was registered by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust on 9 December 2005 as a Category II heritage buildi ...

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