Person Buller; Sir; Walter Lawry (1838 - 1906); ornithologist Buller Walter Lawry Sir ornithologist 1838 - 1906 British Male Newark, Bay of Islands, New Zealand 09 October 1838 Pontdail Lodge, Fleet, Hampshire 19/07/1906 19060719 Burial: Fleet, Hampshire

Wanganui, New Zealand (1873)

Barrister Ornithology Education: Wesley High School, New Zealand. ScD (Tubingen) Career: Learnt to speak Maori; Government interpreter, Wellington (1855); Resident Magistrate of the Wanganui District, New Zealand (1862); Judge of the native land court (1865); went to England (1871); called to the Bar, Inner Temple (1874); returned to New Zealand; practised at the Supreme Court (to 1886); returned to England (1886) Honours: CMG 1875; KCMG 1886 Memberships: FLS; FGS; FRGS; CMZS Son of Rev James Buller of Helston, Cornwall, Welsleyan Missionary; married (1862) Charlotte, daughter of Gilbert Mair of Auckland, New Zealand Fellow 12/06/1879 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB References: Robin J H Clark and Michael J Kelly, 'New Zealand, New Zealanders and the Royal Society' in NR 1994 vol 48 pp 263-281 Notes: Warren De La Rue has signed election certificate twice International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 9 Oct 1838 - 19 Jul 1906 NA772 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/47544939 a1969893-fd76-42fe-a4eb-486eaaf589d5