BETHUNE, JOHN HUGH (1827-94) was born at Dingwall, Scotland. He first came to New Zealand in 1851 and left shortly afterwards for New South Wales to wind up the affairs of the Auckland Islands Whaling Co. He settled in Wellington finally in 1854. He was for many years with Bethune and Hunter, and eventually in 1877 established the auctioneering business and land and estate agency of J. H. Bethune and Co. He married (1857) a daughter of George Hunter (q.v.). Bethune was a founder of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce and of the Wellington Gas Co. and for many years was a government nominee on the board of the Government Life Insurance department. He was a churchwarden of St. Peter's, Wellington. His death occurred on 10 Aug 1894.

Ward (p); N.Z. Times, 11 Aug 1894.

Reference: Volume 1, page 49

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