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William Cargill

Personal details

Full Name:

William Walter Cargill

Lifetime:

28 Aug 1784 – 6 Aug 1860

Biography

William Cargill
Often seen out in his blue bonnet and tartan plaid in early colonial Dunedin, Captain William Cargill was the first leader of the Free Church of Scotland’s settlement in Dunedin.
Transport to work was always a problem for parliamentarians – in 1862 the ship carrying the government to Wellington was wrecked.

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