LOWES, WILLIAM, was born in Northumberland, and came to New Zealand in the Ramsay (1865). Though he was a farmer by training, he carried on a business in Wellington as an importer of saddlery until 1873, when he moved to Wairarapa, purchased several properties and founded a stock and station agency (1879). He represented Porirua in the Wellington Provincial Council (1873-75), and in Masterton was chairman of the trust lands trust and a member of the education board.

Cycl. N.Z., i

Reference: Volume 1, page 269

🌳 Further sources