ELIOTT, GEORGE ELIOT (1817-1901) came to New Zealand with his parents in 1840 from Sydney, and in Mar 1841 entered the civil service at Auckland as a clerk in the Colonial Secretary's office. In 1843 he became record clerk and in 1856 chief clerk. In Sep 1862 he was appointed Secretary to the General Post Office at Auckland. In 1863 Eliott was sent to Sydney to recruit volunteers for the military settlements in Auckland, a task which he accomplished with great credit. He moved to Wellington with the Government in 1864 and retired in 1873, going to live in England. In 1876 he returned to New Zealand and lived in Dunedin, where he took a great interest in church affairs (as a lay reader) and in local government (as a member of the Dunedin City Council). Eliott married first in 1841. His first wife having died (1883) he married in 1884 Mrs Levien (Nelson). He died on 17 Sep 1901.

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Reference: Volume 1, page 131

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