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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Mr. William Langlands
Mr. William Langlands , Justice of the Peace, and at one time prominent as a politician in Otago, was born near Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1817, and was brought up to mercantile life. In 1850 he arrived at Port Chalmers by the ship “Eden.” He entered the service of the Provincial Government as a draughtsman, and was afterwards promoted to the position of Provincial engineer and architect for Otago. Mr. Langlands bought a considerable block of land in Dec Street. Invercargill, and improved his property by the erection of good and substantial buildings; the property is still known as Langlands block. Mr. Langlands was married, in 1835, to a daughter of the late Mr. John Leggie, of Fifeshire, Scotland. He died in 1883. Two daughters still survive him.
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The Late Mr. W. Langlands