Dictionary of NZ Biography — Adam Landels

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Adam Landels

Adam Landels

LANDELS, ADAM (1840-87) was a native of Berwickshire, where his father owned a farm at Bankend. He was educated at the High School in Edinburgh, and worked for some years in the Bank of Scotland before coming to Otago in 1858. Having purchased property at Stoney Creek, Landels revisited Scotland and after coming back farmed at Stoney Creek, Lakeside and Otaria. He was member of the Provincial Council for Tokomairiro (1866-67), and was for many years a member of the Crichton road board. He died on 8 Nov 1887.

Clutha Leader, 9 Nov 1887.

Reference: Volume 1, page 257

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Volume 1, page 257

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