Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1905, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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McLeish, Peter Colin Campbell , Farmer, Drummond. Mr. McLeish is one of the leading settiers in the Drummond district, and formed one of the band of colonists who arrived in 1863, by the ship “Robert Henderson.” He was born in 1845, near Dunkeld, Perthshire, and arrived at the Bluff at the age of eighteen years. After being engaged in agricultural employment for some time, he purchased a section of 200 acres in the Drummond district, to which he has since added other land, and now possesses a fine property of 600 acres. Mr. McLeish does not take an active part in political or social affairs, but confines his whole attention to his farm. He was married, in 1880, to Margaret Maria, daughter of Mr. John Officer, of “Mary's Well Farm,” near Thornbury.