DINGLE, JAMES (1818-96) was born in England. Engaging for service on the survey staff of the New Zealand Company, he arrived in Wellington by the Slains Castle early in 1841 and was one of the first party sent under Carrington to lay out the Taranaki settlement. He settled in Taranaki, took up land at Omata and married Hannah, daughter of T. Vede, senior. He was a member of the Provincial Council for Grey and Bell (1869-73) and of the New Plymouth harbour board. He died on 23 Oct 1896.

Taranaki P.C. minutes and Gaz; Taranaki Herald, 20 Nov 1886, 24 Oct 1896. Portrait: Taranaki Hist. Coll.

Reference: Volume 1, page 121

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