LATTER, EDWARD CIRCUIT (1829-96) was born at Wicken, Cambridgeshire. He came to New Zealand in the Travancore (1851), worked for a while in Christchurch and on Innes's station in South Canterbury; then opened a quarry on the Port Hills and started a dairy farm at Governors Bay. He represented Heathcote in the Provincial Council (1860-61). In 1862 he settled at Akaroa as a merchant and shipping agent, and acquired the steamer Wainui to maintain a service between the bays and Lyttelton. In 1876 he extended his operations to Barry's Bay, where he took up 2,000 acres and opened a sawmill. In 1879 he was appointed land tax commissioner, and in 1884 official assignee, which positions he held to 1889. Latter was chairman of the Akaroa county council and road board and a member of the Ellesmere trust. He was a J.P., a synodsman and a freemason. He married (1854) Mary Elizabeth (1838-94), daughter of Samuel Gundry (who arrived in the Steadfast 1851). Latter died on 4 Sep 1896.

Cycl. N.Z., iii; Stack, Early Maoriland Adventures, and More Adventures; Lyttelton Times, 27 Jun 1894, 5 Sep 1896.

Reference: Volume 1, page 260

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