| 词条 | Frederick Merriman (politician) |
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|honorific-prefix = |name = Frederick Merriman |honorific-suffix = |image = Frederick W Merriman.jpg |alt = b&w portrait of a man |caption = Frederick Merriman |order3 = 1st Chairman of Committees |term_start3 = 1854 |term_end3 = 1855 |predecessor3 = New role |successor3 = Hugh Carleton | constituency_MP5 = Suburbs of Auckland | parliament5 = New Zealand | majority5 = | term_start5 = 1853 | term_end5 = 1860 | predecessor5 = | successor5 = |birth_date = {{birth date|1818|10|18|df=y}} |birth_place = Marlborough, England |death_date = {{death date and age|1865|7|21|1818|10|18|df=y}} |death_place = Parnell, New Zealand |resting_place = Symonds Street Cemetery |spouse = |relations = Nathaniel Merriman (brother) |party = Independent }} Frederick Ward Merriman (18 October 1818 – 21 July 1865), generally called Frederick Merriman, was a 19th-century New Zealand politician. Early lifeMerriman was born in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England, on 18 October 1818. His father was the lawyer Thomas Merriman (1771–1841), and his mother was Mary Clarke (1780 – after 1837). He was their eleventh child out of a total of 14 (nine boys, five girls).[1] He was educated at Winchester. He was admitted to the bar and emigrated to Auckland in New Zealand in 1844.{{sfn|Cyclopedia Company Limited |1902 |pp=100–101}}[2] His brother Nathanial later became Bishop of Grahamstown.[2] On 4 May 1850, he married Susannah Augusta Atkyns (née Greene) in St. Paul's Church, Auckland.[1] She was the widow of Captain Ringrose Atkyns.{{sfn|Cyclopedia Company Limited |1902 |pp=100–101}} Merriman was a Freemason. He was initiated in the Ara Lodge in 1849 and became their treasurer.[3] Professional careerHe commenced practice as a solicitor in the year of his arrival in Auckland. In 1856, he was joined by Samuel Jackson, and the firm became known as Merriman and Jackson. Upon Merriman's death, the firm was joined by James Russell and was renamed Jackson Russell. It is still known by this name today.[4] From 1856 to 1861, Merriman was Provincial Land Officer for the Provincial Council. After that, he was Crown Solicitor until his death.[5][6] He was elected vice-president of Auckland's first Law Society in 1860.[4] Political career{{NZ parlbox header|nolist=true|align=right}}{{NZ parlbox|start = {{NZ election link year|1853}} |end = 1855 |term = 1st |electorate = {{NZ electorate link|Suburbs of Auckland}} |party = Independent politician }}{{NZ parlbox |start = {{NZ election link year|1855}} |end = 1860 |term = 2nd |electorate = Suburbs of Auckland |party = Independent politician }}{{NZ parlbox footer}} Merriman was appointed to the earlier Legislative Council (1841–1853) on 9 August 1847. That council was abolished in 1853 by the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852, but Merriman's retirement date is not listed.{{sfn|Scholefield|1950|p=18}} Merriman was elected to the 1st New Zealand Parliament in 1853, representing the Suburbs of Auckland electorate, and was re-elected for the 2nd New Zealand Parliament. He resigned from Parliament on 13 March 1860.{{sfn|Scholefield|1950|p=126}} He was elected by the house as its first Chairman of Committees on 21 June 1854 and he held this role for all three sessions of the 1st Parliament.{{sfn|Scholefield|1950|p=151}} He served on the second and third Auckland Provincial Council, representing the Suburbs of Auckland electorate. He was first elected on 26 October 1855 and served until 18 August 1857, the date of dissolution of the second council. He was re-elected on 7 October 1857 and served until 12 September 1861, the date of dissolution of the third council.{{sfn|Scholefield|1950|p=185}} He was twice on its executive council, first from December 1856 (no end date given) and then from February to July 1857.{{sfn|Scholefield|1950|p=181}} DeathMerriman had been ill for four months when he died at his residence in Parnell on 21 July 1865. He was buried at the Symonds Street Cemetery the following day.[5] His wife died in 1868.[1] Notes1. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=Descendants of Nathaniel MERRIMAN |url = http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jonessadler/index_files/Descendants%20of%20Nathaniel%20MERRIMAN.pdf |publisher=Rootsweb |accessdate=18 February 2011 |format=PDF}} 2. ^{{cite news|title=Funeral of Mr. F. W. Merriman|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=DSC18650724.2.14|accessdate=18 February 2011|newspaper=Daily Southern Cross|volume=XXI |issue=2499 |date=24 July 1865|page=4}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=Ara Lodge History|url=http://www.lodgearataimau.org.nz/lodge-history|publisher=The Ara Taimau Lodge|accessdate=18 February 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724200557/http://www.lodgearataimau.org.nz/lodge-history|archivedate=24 July 2011|df=dmy-all}} 4. ^1 {{cite web |title=Our history |url=http://www.jacksonrussell.co.nz/Aboutus/Ourhistory/tabid/13970/Default.aspx |publisher=Jackson Russell |accessdate=17 February 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427204902/http://www.jacksonrussell.co.nz/Aboutus/Ourhistory/tabid/13970/Default.aspx |archivedate=27 April 2011 |df=dmy-all }} 5. ^1 2 {{cite news|title=Death of Mr. F. W. Merriman |url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=DSC18650722.2.15 |accessdate=17 February 2011|newspaper=Daily Southern Cross |volume=XXI |issue=2498 |date=22 July 1865|page=5}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=Barristers|url=http://www.victoria.ac.nz/law/nzlostcases/Barristers.aspx|publisher=Victoria University of Wellington|accessdate=17 February 2011}} References
| title=Chairman of Committees of the House of Representatives | years=1854–1855 }}{{s-aft | after = Hugh Carleton }}{{s-par | nz}}{{s-new | constituency}}{{s-ttl | title = Member of Parliament for Suburbs of Auckland | years = 1853–1860 | alongside = William Field Porter, Walter Brodie, Theophilus Heale }}{{s-aft | after = Joseph Hargreaves }}{{end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Merriman, Frederick}} 12 : 1818 births|1865 deaths|Burials at Symonds Street Cemetery|Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives|Members of the Auckland Provincial Council|New Zealand lawyers|People from Marlborough, Wiltshire|People from Auckland|Members of Auckland provincial executive councils|New Zealand MPs for Auckland electorates|English emigrants to New Zealand|19th-century New Zealand politicians |
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