The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Mr. Francis Scott Pillans
Mr. Francis Scott Pillans , fourth son of Mr. James Pillans, of Myres Castle, Fife, Scotland, was born on the 1st of January, 1810. He arrived at Port Chalmers in the ship “Mooltan,” on Christmas Day, 1849, and settled soon afterwards on Inchclutha, where he was, with the exception of the late Mr. Redpath, the earliest European resident. Mr. Pillans was a Justice of the Peace, and for some time a member of the Legislative Council of New Zealand, to which he was called in 1873, during the ministry of Sir Julius Vogel. He was owner of the Manuka Island estate, in the Hillend district, and died at Inchclutha, on the 12th of December, 1889, unmarried.