Charles Beard Izard

Charles Beard Izard (4 December 1829 – 23 October 1904) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament and lawyer in Wellington, New Zealand.

Biography Early life Izard was born in Brighton, England, and educated at King's College London and Magdalene College, Cambridge, graduating in mathematics in 1854. After studying at Lincoln's Inn he was admitted to the bar in England.

In 1860 they emigrated to Auckland, and that year moved to Wellington. He was a Crown solicitor and partner in the law firm that became Bell Gully. He was on the boards of local schools and local companies e.g. the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company and the Meat Export Company. He retired from the law in 1887 due to failing eyesight.

Political career

He contested the and in the electorate, where he was second of six candidates (1881), beaten by James Wilson.

He represented the Wellington South and Suburbs electorate from to 1890, when he was defeated (for the Hutt electorate).

His son Charles Hayward Izard was also a Member of Parliament.