GEORGE, JAMES (1813-78) was born at Woolwich, England, of Scots parents, with whom he emigrated to Tasmania in 1823, his father being engaged under the board of ordnance. George was apprenticed to a baker. In 1838 he went to South Australia and engaged in his trade, and in 1840 he came to New Zealand. He was in the ship Delhi off Coromandel when J. L. Campbell and his associates were there, and afterwards visited Waitemata and Waiheke. Eventually he lived in a tent on the site of Auckland. George engaged in his business in the town and made a competence. He was a member of the Auckland city board and represented Auckland West in the Provincial Council (1861-65). He died on 5 Jul 1878.

Auckland P.C. Proc.; N.Z. Herald, 6 July 1878.

Reference: Volume 1, page 162

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