William Sievwright (ii)
Credit: Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries. AWNS-18990804-4-14.
William Sievwright (b. 5 April 1838, Lerwick, d. 20 April 1909, Gisbourne, New Zealand) was a Lerwick Town Councillor and was the son of procurator fiscal, town councillor, and writer William.
Sievwright Jr was a lawyer at the legal firm Sievwright and Stout. His first marriage was to Margaret Neven-Spence, to whom he had two children. He later remarried (1878) and had two children to Margaret Home Richardson (b. 19 March 1844, Pencaitland, East Lothian), a teacher and nurse. She is also listed as being a feminist, political activist, community leader. She met William in New Zealand and they married on 29 November 1878 in Wellington. She is noted as playing a role in helping empower women in New Zealand. Teara.govt.nz have a biography which can be read here.
Political Career
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| Provosts | ||
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| Preceded by Charles Gilbert Duncan |
Senior Bailie for Lerwick Town Council 1874-1876 |
Succeeded by Thomas Cameron |
| Leaders of the Lerwick Town Council | ||
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| Councillors | Arthur Edmondston (1818-1823) • Charles Ogilvy Snr (1823-1827) • William Spence (1827-1832) • Charles Ogilvy Jr (1832-1844) • Joseph Leask (1844-1847) • William Sievwright Snr (1847-1856) • Charles Duncan (1856-1862) • Joseph Leask (1862-1865) • Charles Duncan (1865-1874) • William Sievwright Jr (1874-1876) • Thomas Cameron (1876-1883) • John Robertson (1883-1890) • Charles Robertson (1890-1895) • John Leisk (1895-1904) • James Goudie (1904-1907) • Arthur Porteous (1907-1910) • Arthur Laing (1910-1913) • Robert Stout (1913-1915) • Peter Goodlad (1915-1920) • Robert D. Ganson (1920-1924) • James Laing (1924-1927) • John Sinclair (1927-1930) • William Sinclair (1930-1933) • Robert Ollason (1933-1936) • James A. Smith (1936-1941) • Magnus Shearer (1941-1946) • James Aitken (1946-1950) • Robert A. Anderson (1950-1953) • George Burgess (1953-1956) • William Conochie (1956-1959) • Robert Blance (1959-1962) • Harry Gray (1962-1965) • Andrew Nicolson (1965-1967) • Eric Gray (1967-1971) • Bill Smith (1971-1974) • James Taylor (1974-1975) | |
