LETHBRIDGE, GEORGE YATES (1821-1902) was born at Ivybridge, Devon, and came to Taranaki with his parents in the Oriental (1841). During the Maori war he carried out contracts for the troops in the Taranaki and Wanganui districts. He was a member of the Taranaki Provincial Council (for Grey and Bell 1857-61, and for New Plymouth 1861-64). About 1867 he settled at Turakina, where he played his part on all local bodies, being chairman of the town board almost continuously from its inception, and first chairman of the Rangitikei county council. He died on 3 May 1902. (See his son, F. Y. LETHBRIDGE)

Cycl. NZ., i (p); Taranaki P.C. minutes.

Reference: Volume 1, page 264

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