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William Oldfield Cautley
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(1822 ? 17 February 1864) was a
New Zealand
settler and politician.
Early life and family
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Cautley was born in the English county of
Buckinghamshire
in 1822, the son of the Reverend Richard Cautley.
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He was educated at
Uppingham School
from 1837 to 1840, where he was an
exhibitioner
on leaving,
[2]
and then matriculated at
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
in the
Michaelmas term
, 1840.
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However, in September 1841 he sailed from
West India Docks
on the
Mary Ann
, bound for the
New Zealand Company
's new settlement of
Nelson
, landing there on 8 February 1842.
[3]
He began farming a property known as "Wensley Hill" at Waimea East (now called
Richmond
).
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In September 1842 Cautley was appointed as the Nelson postmaster and clerk to magistrates,
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and in 1848 he was appointed a Justice of the Peace for the province of
New Munster
.
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Political career
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In 1850, Cautley was appointed as a member of the short-lived Legislative Council of the province of New Munster.
[8]
In the
1853 general election
, Cautley was elected as representative for the
Waimea
electorate alongside
David Monro
. The first session of the
1st New Zealand Parliament
started on 24 May 1854, and Cautley resigned his seat on 26 May 1854. He did not serve in any further Parliaments.
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In November 1854, Cautley was elected as a member for Waimea East on the
Nelson Provincial Council
following the death of sitting member Francis Otterson. Cautley defeated
Stephen Lunn Muller
by 54 votes to 40.
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Later life
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Cautley died in
London
on 17 February 1864, after a long illness.
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