VICKERS, SAMUEL (1799-1895) was employed in connection with Lloyd's underwriting in London for many years before coming to Taranaki in 1850. For some years he was in business as a merchant in New Plymouth and agent for the ships of H. H. Willis and Co., of London. He represented the town in the Provincial Council (1853-56), and resigned when he left the province to settle in Auckland. Vickers bought land at Mauku, which he had to leave when the war broke out (1863). He served as a clerk in the militia office and was afterwards a sharebroker in Auckland till 1893. He died on 20 Jul 1895.

Reference: Volume 2, page 212

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