Obituary.
HON. J, T. PKACOCK
CH RISTCH'URCI-1, Oct. 20. Tho Hon. J. T. Peacock died this moriiing. Deceased was the eldest sen oi Mi' John J. Peacock, and was_ born in 1827 in the HawUcslmry district of New South Wales. He came to New Zealand when fifteen years old, awl settled down in Canterbury 4'; a merchant and shipowner. He sold out ol that business in 1803, and visited England. lie was a member of the Provincial Council in the early days, and Secretary for Public Works for jtlwo years. In 18(19 he was elected member for .Lyttclton, and five years later was called to the Legislative Council. He was one of the original promolerx of the Kaiapoi Wollen Company, of the Union 'lnsurance Company, and of the New Zealand Shipping Company. Deceased, who was twice married, leaves a widow and two stepsons.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19051021.2.15
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7957, 21 October 1905, Page 2
Word count
Tapeke kupu
143Obituary. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7957, 21 October 1905, Page 2
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in