Coutts Crawford

This article is about the New Zealand official. For his father, the Royal Navy officer, see James Coutts Crawford.

Coutts Crawford
 
Born
 James Coutts Crawford

19 January 1817
Strathaven, Lanarkshire, Scotland
DiedApril 8, 1889(1889-04-08) (aged 72)
London, England
EducationRoyal Naval College, Portsmouth
Occupation(s)Public official, landowner
Spouse(s)(1)Sophia Whitley Deans Dundas; (2)Jessie Cruickshank McBarnet
Children(1) 1d, 1s; (2) 3s
Parents
RelativesJohn Inglis (Royal Navy officer) (grandfather)

James Coutts Crawford (19 January 1817 – 8 April 1889), known as Coutts Crawford, was a naval officer, farmer, scientist, explorer and public servant in New Zealand.

He was born in Strathaven, South Lanarkshire, Scotland in 1817 and came to New Zealand in 1839. He settled in Wellington, owning the Miramar peninsula and parts of Rongotai and Kilbirnie, which he named after the town in Scotland.[1] Crawford was active in local affairs. He served on the New Zealand Legislative Council from 1859 to 1867. He died in London in 1889.[2]

Mount Crawford (South Australia) and several locations in Wellington are named after him.[3][4]

  1. ^ Reed, A. W. (2010). Peter Dowling (ed.). Place Names of New Zealand. Rosedale, North Shore: Raupo. p. 203. ISBN 9780143204107.
  2. ^ Rosier, Laura (22 June 2007). "Crawford, James Coutts 1817 – 1889". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
  3. ^ Crawford, J. C. (1880). "From Sydney to Adelaide". Recollections of Travel In New Zealand and Australia. Trübner edition. p. 17. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  4. ^ Irvine-Smith, Fanny (1949). The Streets of my City (2nd ed.). Wellington, New Zealand: AH & AW Reed.