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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

Mr. William Thomas Locke Travels

Mr. William Thomas Locke Travels, F.L.S., sat in the House of Representatives for Christchurch City from 1867 to 1870. He also represented Nelson in the first Parliament in 1854, the district of Waimea from 1854 to 1858, and sat as a member for Wellington City in 1877. Born in County Limerick, Ireland, in 1819, he was educated in France, and afterwards entered the British Legion of Spain, and served through the Carlist war from 1835 to 1838. Mr. Travers, after studying and practising law in England, came to New Zealand in 1849. He was a member of the Executive of the Canterbury Provincial Council during Mr. Bealey's Superintendency. Mr. Travers is further referred to on pages 263–264 of the Wellington volume of this work.