MARSDEN, THOMAS (1810-76) was born at Hensingham, Cumberland, the son of a resident of Derbyshire. He arrived in Nelson by the Prince of Wales (1842) and took up a property of 900 acres at Stoke, of which he did not get the crown grant till 1852. He also owned land for a while near Blenheim. Marsden represented Waimea East in the Nelson Provincial Council (1858-61). He died in 1876.

Nelson P.C. Proc.; Cycl. NZ, v (p).

Reference: Volume 2, page 31

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