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- James Macandrew is a controversial figure in early Otago history, admired by many and deprecated by others. He was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1819 and worked there for a time before moving to London as a young man.
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James Macandrew (1819 (?) – 25 February 1887) was a New Zealand ship-owner and politician. He served as a Member of Parliament from 1853 to 1887 and as the last Superintendent of Otago Province . Early life. Macandrew was born in Scotland, probably in Aberdeen, where he was baptised on 18 May 1819. [1]
Mar 3, 2022 · James Macandrew, a Scotsman who migrated to Dunedin in 1851, was variously a businessman, twice Superintendent of Otago Province, an imprisoned bankrupt and a Minister of the Crown. He was an active participant in provincial and colonial politics for 36 years and was associated with most of the major political events in New Zealand during that ...
James Macandrew is a controversial figure in early Otago history, admired by many and deprecated by others. He was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1819 and worked there for a time before moving to London as a young man.
Jan 20, 2022 · James Macandrew, whose life story is at the heart of this study, is – like the emigrants who populate the pages of Eric's books – representative of wider trends in the saga of diaspora, not least through the ups and downs of his transnational career, and his political and economic involvements after his arrival in New Zealand.
James MacAndrew. MACANDREW, JAMES (1820-87) was born at Aberdeen, and educated there and at the Ayr Academy, before going into mercantile life. His training was completed in London.
Inheriting provincial leadership from Captain Cargill, Macandrew fell from grace in the early 1860s but spectacularly bounced back and is remembered as one of pioneer Otago's most important leaders.
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Dec 3, 2018 · On a mild summer's day in January 1851, 31-year-old Scotsman James Macandrew disembarked from a barge on to Dunedin's manuka jetty at the head of Otago Harbour in search of lodgings for his family members, who awaited him aboard the schooner Titan, at Port Chalmers.
