TAYLOR, JAMES (1823-1913) was born at Tunbridge Wells, England, and came to Wellington in 1840 by the Martha Ridgway. In 1844 he settled in Johnsonville, and in 1849 moved to Tawa Flat, then dense forest. For eight years Taylor represented Porirua in the Wellington Provincial Council (1865-73). He was a member of the road board; of the Hutt county council (12 years) and of the Tawa Flat school committee. He was a local preacher of the Methodist Church for 60 years, and founder and superintendent of Sunday schools in the district. During the native troubles he served with the volunteers, and he was afterwards captain of the Porirua Rifles.

Cycl. N.Z., i; Ward; Evening Post, 7 Nov 1913.

Reference: Volume 2, page 189

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