James Busby | |
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| British Resident in New Zealand | |
| In office March 1833 – 28 January 1840[1] | |
| Bay of Islands councillor | |
| In office 1853–1855 | |
| Bay of Islands councillor[2] | |
| In office 1857–1863 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 February 1802 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | 15 July 1871 (aged 69) Anerley, London, UK |
| Spouse(s) | Agnes Busby (née Dow; m. 1832) |
James Busby (7 February 1802 – 15 July 1871) was the British Resident in New Zealand from 1833 to 1840. He was involved in drafting the 1835 Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand and the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi. As British Resident, he acted as New Zealand's first jurist and the "originator of law in Aotearoa", to whom New Zealand "owes almost all of its underlying jurisprudence".[3] Busby is regarded as the father of the Australian wine industry, as he brought the first collection of vine stock from Spain and France to Australia.[4][5]
- ^ For a year overlapping 1835–6, Busby shared this office with Thomas McDonnell
- ^ James Busby in 1966 An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage
- ^ Jamieson, Nigel (1986), "The Charismatic Renewal of Law in Aotearoa", New Zealand Law Journal, July 1986, pp. 250–255
- ^ J. Robinson (ed.) The Oxford Companion to Wine. 3rd edition. p. 116. Oxford University Press, 2006 ISBN 0-19-860990-6
- ^ "Land Next to Male Orphan School | NSW Environment, Energy and Science". www.environment.nsw.gov.au.