UPJOHN, JAMES THOMAS, was employed by a London firm of jewelers before coming to Taranaki by the Egmont in 1854. He farmed at Mangorei and was provincial councillor for Grey and Bell (1861-69 and 1873-75). He was defeated in 1869, but again returned a few weeks later and sat until the abolition. Upjohn was often in conflict with the forms of the Council and was once given into the charge of the Sergeant-at-arms. He asserted the privileges of a member of the Council by wearing his hat in the magistrate's court.

Reference: Volume 2, page 209

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