User:Schwede66/Tools/Warwick Weston

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Warwick Weston (1838 – December 1895) was a New Zealand businessman and politician.

Weston was born in 1838 in England, the son of the printer John James Weston and Mary Weston. He was educated at Christ's Hospital near Horsham.[1] He arrived in New Zealand with his parents and four brothers in 1850, first settling in New Plymouth.[2][3]

He represented the New Plymouth electorate on the Taranaki Provincial Council from 26 January 1864 to 30 March 1865.[4]

At the August 1872 shareholders' meeting of the Caledonian Goldmining Company, he was elected director of the company by the attending shareholders.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Scholefield, Guy, ed. (1940). A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : M–Addenda (PDF). Vol. II. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs. pp. 483f. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Obituary". Hawera & Normanby Star. Vol. XVIII. 16 October 1912. p. 4. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  3. ^ "The Lych-Gate Update" (PDF). Taranaki Cathedral. December 2011. p. 6. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  4. ^ Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer. p. 233.
  5. ^ "Caledonian Goldmining Company". Daily Southern Cross. Vol. XXVIII, no. 4690. 4 September 1872. p. 6. Retrieved 7 April 2014.


Category:1838 births Category:1895 deaths Category:Members of the Taranaki Provincial Council Category:New Zealand businesspeople

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