Other formats

    TEI XML file   ePub eBook file  

Connect

    mail icontwitter iconBlogspot iconrss icon

The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Mr. Robert Sinclair

Mr. Robert Sinclair, J.P., Member of the Waitemata County Council, was born and educated in Perthshire, Scotland. He served his time at the building trade, and came to New Zealand in 1860 by the “Lord Burleigh,” landing in Auckland, and for five years was engaged in building and contracting work there. He then went to the West Coast, where he remained for about a year, and in 1867 removed to Kaukapakapa, where he purchased the “Eden Vale Farm,' a property of eighty-two acres. Prior to the formation of the Waltemata County Council in 1876, he was chairman of the local road board for a number of years, and afterwards represented the riding in the council. For one year he acted as chairman, but declined re-election to the office, though he is the only member who has continued in the council since its inception. He has page 145 been chairman of the school committee for more than twenty years, and has always taken an active interest in local affairs. Mr. Sinclair was made a Justice of the Peace in 1883, and shortly afterwards was appointed acting-district coroner, which office he still holds. He is married to a daughter of the late Mr. William Hazard, a well-known settler, late of Prince Edward's Island.