ID Number103675
NameHUNTER George
Family NameHUNTER
Plot3315
CemeteryChurch of England
StatusExisting Grave
Location on the Modern Grid MapL15 06
Inscription on TombstoneIn affectionate memory: George HUNTER. Helen HUNTER. Barbara HUNTER. Margaret Frances HUNTER. Mary Florence HUNTER. Margaret HUNTER. George HUNTER. Isabella May HUNTER. 1841--1880.
Description of GraveThe grave is grassed over. The memorial on a sloping desk is a white marble plaque with lead lettering (in poor condition).
Date of Death or Burial*19 Jul, 1843
Public Cemetery Register Number
Type of Record Burial
Age55
SexMale
BiographyGeorge Hunter arrived in Wellington on the "Duke of Roxburgh" in 1840, with his wife Helen and their family of 10 children. One of the original purchasers of a one-acre block in the city (in Dixon Street), George was very much involved in business and politics. He was appointed a Justice of the Peace, a Magistrate in 1842, and then elected as Wellington's first mayor in October 1842. He died unexpectedly, aged 55, while still in office.