LUKE, SAMUEL (1832-1906) was born at Royston, Hertfordshire, came to New Zealand in the Annie Longton (1857), and commenced farming at Paerata. On the outbreak of the war he had to remove to Otahuhu, where he farmed for the remainder of his life. He was chairman of the Otahuhu highway board (1877-79) and school committee, and a member of the county council and licensing committee. He was for 30 years from 1878 a member of the education board (and chairman in 1888 and on three other occasions). He was a member of the Auckland Grammar School board and the council of Auckland University College, and a member of the teachers' salaries commission (1901). Luke was on the Anglican diocesan synod and the general trust board and was a licensed lay preacher. He died on 28 May 1906.

Otahuhu Borough Council Diamond Jubilee (p); N.Z. Herald, 29 May 1906.

Reference: Volume 1, page 270

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