MOWAT, ALEXANDER (1813-75) was born in Caithness-shire, and brought up to the sea. In 1843 he came to Nelson in the Ralph Bernal and two years later settled in the Awatere district, purchasing a property of 1,400 acres which he named Altimarloch. In 1851 he married a daughter of George McRae (q.v.). In the following year Mowat took up (with Captain Cross) the Middlehurst run, which they managed until his death on 27 Mar 1875. Mowat represented Awatere in the Marlborough Provincial Council 1863-66. His widow (1830-1903), who was born at Blairich, Sutherlandshire, came to Nelson in the Mary Ann (1842).

Cycl. N.Z., v (p); Marlborough Express, 8 May 1903.

Reference: Volume 2, page 56

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