Talk:Edward Hargreaves

	Biography portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
	This article is supported by the politics and government work group (assessed as Low-importance).

New Zealand: Politics Low‑importance

	New Zealand portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject New Zealand, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of New Zealand and New Zealand-related topics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.New ZealandWikipedia:WikiProject New ZealandTemplate:WikiProject New ZealandNew Zealand articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by the New Zealand politics task force (assessed as Low-importance).

First mayor of Lyttelton[edit]

A number of sources claim that we was the first mayor of Lyttelton. He wasn't; those sources are wrong. I sense that the mistake occurred through the obituary published in The Timaru Herald and has been repeated by subsequent publications. It says in that obit:^[1]

He was, if we mistake not, the first Mayor of Lyttelton.

Guy Scholefield, in the 1940 DNZB, is even more wrong:^[2]

On being elected to Parliament he resigned the chairmanship of the Lyttelton municipal council, which he had held since its inauguration.

The first chairman of the Lyttelton municipal council was Dr William Donald, who held the role from the inaugural meeting in 1862 until 1864. Notably, Hargreaves missed that inaugural meeting where they elected their chairman. Hargreaves did take over from Donald in 1865. Hargreaves' membership on the municipal council had a gap as he didn't stand for re-election in February 1863. Hence, he was the second chairman, but not the first mayor. Schwede 66 00:41, 13 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "Untitled". The Timaru Herald. Vol. XXXII, no. 1706. 10 March 1880. p. 2. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
^ Scholefield, Guy, ed. (1940). A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : A–L (PDF). Vol. I. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs. p. 357. Retrieved 13 November 2019. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

Relatives?[edit]

Edward Hargreaves was born in Liverpool in 1826 and arrived in New Zealand in 1844, i.e. rather early for a colonial settler. Joseph Hargreaves was born in Liverpool in 1821 and came to New Zealand in the early 1840s (before 1844). Despite these similarities, I have yet to find any family connection. Schwede 66 17:57, 13 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "Untitled". The Timaru Herald. Vol. XXXII, no. 1706. 10 March 1880. p. 2. Retrieved 13 November 2019.

[2] Scholefield, Guy, ed. (1940). A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : A–L (PDF). Vol. I. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs. p. 357. Retrieved 13 November 2019. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

[1]

[2]