EARP, GEORGE BUTLER, was in business in Liverpool before coming to New Zealand in the Martha Ridgway (1840) to establish branches of the firm of Guyton and Earp in Wellington and Wanganui. He was appointed to the Legislative Council by Governor Hobson and a magistrate of the territory (1841). He returned to England in 1842 and gave evidence before the select committee on New Zealand in 1844.

G.B.O.P., 1844/556; L.C. of NZ, 1842; Wellington Independent, 11 Jan 1861; N.Z. Herald, 2 Mar 1842, 1 Jun 1895.

Reference: Volume 1, page 130

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