BLYTH, JAMES (1790-1862) was born at Cupar, Fifeshire, and lived as a boy in Glasgow. As a young man he went to South America, where he spent some years and had many exciting adventures during revolutionary wars. He arrived in Wellington in 1842, and after being in business in Wellington for some years he settled at Mary Bank, Wanganui, about 1859. He was elected to the Wellington Provincial Council for Wanganui and Rangitikei in 1856, and sat till the following year as a strong supporter of Featherston's policy. He was an elder of the Presbyterian Church in Wellington and in Wanganui.

Wellington P.C. Proc.; Woon; Wanganui Chronicle, 16 Oct 1862.

Reference: Volume 1, page 53

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