Other formats

    TEI XML file   ePub eBook file  

Connect

    mail icontwitter iconBlogspot iconrss icon

The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Peat, James

Peat, James, Farmer, “Belmont,” Waitotara. Mr. Peat was born in 1840 in Kincardineshire, Scotland, where his father was a farmer. Educated at the parish school, he went to Aberdeen, and eventually found his way to Auckland in 1860. For some years he worked in the district, and was also on the Otago goldfields. During the Maori war of 1865 Mr. Peat served in the transport corps, under Colonel McDonnell, and had charge of the commissariat on the field. On the conclusion of the war, Mr. Peat turned his attention to farming, going into partnership with his brother David and Mr. Alexander, at Wanganui, and finally taking up his present holding of 620 acres. There is a handsome homestead at “Belmont,” standing in well laid-out grounds. Mr. Peat was a member of the first road board on the West Coast of the North Island, and still sits on the Whenuakura Road Board. In 1871 he married Miss Hughes, and has three children.

Mr. Jas. Peat

Mr. Jas. Peat