Thomas William Porter
Thomas William Porter | |
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| File:Thomas William Porter.jpg Colonel T. W. Porter | |
| Born | Thomas William Potter 2 August 1843 Surrey, England |
| Died | 12 November 1920 (aged 77) Wellington, New Zealand |
| Burial place | Karori Cemetery |
Thomas William Porter (born Thomas William Potter;[1] 2 August 1843 – 12 November 1920) was a New Zealand soldier and land purchase officer.
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He was born in Streatham, Surrey, England in 1843. He married Herewaka Porourangi Potai. Their children included the singer and composer Fanny Rose Howie[1] and their grandchildren included Rona Hurley.
He was some time, before retiring in 1908, Acting Undersecretary for Defense. He was also vice-chairman of the Historical Section of the Wellington Philosophical Society. He was the author of a book on the East Coast Maori legends. He also completed a history of the Maori war with Te Kooti.
In 1878 he was elected mayor of Gisborne.[2] He was re-elected unopposed in 1879 and 1880.[3] He had intended to contest the East Coast electorate in the 1879 election but pulled out shortly before.[4] In 1880 he was challenged for the mayoralty by former mayor William Fitzgerald Crawford, and won by just three votes.[3][5] He retired the mayoralty in order to run for parliament in the 1881 election,[6] in which he placed third.[7] He returned to the mayoralty unopposed in 1883.[3] He retired again in 1884 and endorsed recently defeated MP Cecil de Lautour for the mayoralty.[8][9] He was elected mayor again in 1886 following the resignation of Allan McDonald.[10]
The day before his death on 12 November 1920, parliament had passed a bill to award Porter with a permanent pension of £200 a year.[11]
See also
[edit | edit source]List of New Zealand units in the Second Boer War
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