MUTER, DUNBAR DOUGLAS (1824-1909), served with his regiment in the Punjab campaign (1848-49) and came to New Zealand on leave in the Steadfast (1851), taking up the Desert station on the Waimakariri (1851) and Raukapuka (1853). He also had land at German Bay, where he settled. While there he fought his duel with C. B. Robinson (q.v.). Muter sold his property to return to India and served through the Mutiny with great distinction, being present at Delhi, commanding the 4th column at Kishingunj (brevet-major) and being deputy-assistant-adjutant-general at Rohilkund (brevet-colonel). He afterwards commanded reinforcements to China (1860), and was later appointed a military knight of Windsor, where he died on 8 Oct 1909.

Acland; Jacobson; Mrs D. Muter, Travels and Adventures of an Officer's Wife, 1864; Ebenezer Hay in The Press, 18 Jun 1924; Roberts, Southland; Morning Post (London), 9 Oct 1909.

Reference: Volume 2, page 59

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