Thomas Gillies
Thomas Gillies | |
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4th Attorney-General of New Zealand | |
In office 6 August 1862 – 23 August 1862 | |
Prime Minister | Alfred Domett |
Preceded by | Henry Sewell |
Succeeded by | Henry Sewell |
4th Postmaster-General | |
In office 30 October 1863 – 24 November 1864 | |
Prime Minister | Frederick Whitaker |
Preceded by | Crosbie Ward |
Succeeded by | John Richardson |
7th Superintendent of Auckland Province | |
In office 2 December 1869 – November 1873 | |
Preceded by | John Williamson |
Succeeded by | John Williamson |
Personal details | |
Born | Thomas Bannatyne Gillies 17 January 1828 Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland |
Died | 26 July 1889 Rocklands, Gillies Ave, Epsom, Auckland | (aged 61)
Resting place | St Andrew's Cemetery, Epsom |
Occupation | Lawyer, politician |
Thomas Bannatyne Gillies (17 January 1828 – 26 July 1889) was a 19th-century New Zealand lawyer, judge and politician.
Early life
He was born at
On 1 June 1852, Thomas Gillies married Catherine Douglas at Newcastle upon Tyne. The whole family, including their brother Robert Gillies, left for New Zealand on 24 July on the Slains Castle.[1][2][3] They were soon joined in Otago by John Gillies Jr., who came over from Australia.[1]
Career
Professional
Gillies joined the practise of his father John Gillies and John Hyde Harris in July 1857.[4] In the 1860s, he ran a law practice in Dunedin with William Richmond, a fellow (ex) MP.[5]
Political
Years | Term | Electorate | Party | ||
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1860 | 2nd | Dunedin Country | Independent | ||
1861–1865 | 3rd | Bruce | Independent | ||
1870 | 4th | Mongonui | Independent | ||
1871–1875 | 5th | Auckland West | Independent |
He was the Member of Parliament for
Gillies then represented Mongonui 1870 (elected 30 March 1870; Parliament dissolved 30 December 1870) then Auckland West 1871 to 1875 (resigned); two electorates in the North Island.[6]
He was the seventh Superintendent of Auckland Province from 1869 to 1873.[9]
He was a cabinet minister, and held the positions of
Science
Gillies and
He died in his home, Rocklands, in Gillies Avenue, Epsom, following an apoplectic seizure on 26 July 1889.[16][17][18][19][20][21] Gillies's first wife, Catherine, died in 1865; he married secondly, in 1867, Agnes (d. 1884), daughter of John Sinclair, of Glasgow, niece of Andrew Sinclair, second Colonial Secretary of New Zealand, and sister-in-law of David Bruce. He had six children altogether from both marriages.[22][23]
Publications
- Gillies, Thomas Bannatyne (1868). "Notes on Land and Fresh-water Shells Collected in the Northern Part of the Province of Auckland, During the Month of April, 1868". Proceedings of the Auckland Institute: 60–61.
- Gillies, Thomas Bannatyne (1871). "Art. IX.—On the Occurrence of Footprints of the Moa at Poverty Bay". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 4: 127–128.
- Gillies, Thomas Bannatyne (1879). "Art. LIII.—Notes on the Growth of Certain Trees on Scoria Soil Near Mount Eden, Auckland". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 12: 357.
- Gillies, Thomas Bannatyne (1882). "Art. XXXIII.—Further Notes on Sorghum Experiments". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 15: 261–267.
- Gillies, Thomas Bannatyne (1882). "Art. XXXIV.—On the Growth of the Cork Oak in Auckland". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 15: 267.
References
- ^ a b c Rennie, Hugh. "Gillies, Thomas Bannatyne". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
- ^ "In Memoriam. Robert Gillies". The Evening Post. Vol. 32, no. 24. 15 June 1886. p. 3. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
- ^ "The Late Robert Gillies". Bruce Herald. Vol. 17, no. 1759. 18 June 1886. p. 3. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
- ^ "Dissolution of Partnership; Co-Partnership". Otago Witness. No. 295. 25 July 1857. p. 4. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
- ^ McLintock, A. H., ed. (22 April 2009) [originally published in 1966]. "Gillies, Thomas Bannatyne". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage / Te Manatū Taonga. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
- ^ a b c Wilson 1985, p. 199.
- ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 61f.
- ^ "Separation". Otago Witness. No. 685. 14 January 1865. p. 5. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
- ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 179.
- ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 62, 64.
- Papers Past.
- ^ "Philosophical Society". Daily Southern Cross. Vol. 24, no. 3295. 7 February 1868. p. 3.
- ^ The Annual Meeting of the Members held at the Museum Feb 15th–1869: First Annual Report (PDF), Auckland Institute, 1869
- ^ "Auckland Institute". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. 6, no. 1798. 19 October 1869. p. 3.
- ^ Annual Report: Auckland Institute (PDF), Auckland Institute, 1870
- Papers Past.
- Papers Past.
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- Papers Past.
- ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, ed. R. H. Mair, Debrett's, 1885, p. 419
- ^ "Gillies, Thomas Bannatyne".
Sources
- Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer.
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.