Andrew Duncan (mayor)

Andrew Duncan was Mayor of Christchurch 18691870. From a workingclass background in Scotland, he emigrated to New Zealand as a young man and became a highly respected member of the Christchurch community. He is remembered for his later work as an immigration agent in Scotland on behalf of the Canterbury Province.

Duncan was born in western Scotland in 1834 to the gardener George Duncan and his wife Christina. The four members of the Duncan family came out to New Zealand in 1858, arriving in Lyttelton onSeptember on the Zealandia.

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