John Thomas Peacock [SEP] country of citizenship
John Thomas Peacock
John Thomas Peacock MLC JP (1827 – 20 October 1905) was a New Zealand businessman, philanthropist and politician. He came to Canterbury in 1844, several years before organised settlement started.
Early life.
Peacock was born in 1827 in the Hawkesbury district, New South Wales, Australia. He is the eldest son of John Jenkins Peacock (d. 1866) and his wife Maria Peacock (1804/05-1884). He attended Sydney College. The family arrived in Lyttelton in 1844. Settlement organised
for Wellington Country 1858–81 and Legislative Council 1883–86
- Alfred Brandon, Jr. – Mayor of Wellington 1893–94 and Wellington City Councillor 1886–91
The Brown – Garrick – Peacock – Webb family (brothers-in-law)
- John Thomas Peacock, MP 1868–1873, MLC 1873–1905
- John Evans Brown, MP 1871–1879 and 1881–1884, married Peacock's sister Theresa Australia
- Francis James Garrick, MP 1884–1887, married Peacock's sister Elizabeth
- Henry Richard Webb, MP 1873–1875, married Peacock's sister Augusta Ann
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