BUCHANAN, JOHN (1819-92) was born at Woolwich, England. About 1839 he emigrated to Australia and was for many years government storekeeper at Sydney. In 1861 he came to New Zealand in the Montezuma, settled in Napier and later bought the Elsthorpe estate of 10,000 acres. He was in the Provincial Council (1865-75) representing Napier Town (1865-66), Napier Country (1867-71) and Waimarama (1871-75). At the fighting at Omarunui he was in command of the Napier Rifles. Buchanan represented Napier in Parliament (1881-84). He died in 1892.

Cycl. N.Z., vi (p). Portrait: Parliament House.

Reference: Volume 1, page 72

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