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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]
Mr. Burnet Murray Litchfield
Mr. Burnet Murray Litchfield, who is one of the Assistant Inspectors of the Bank of New Zealand, was born at Adelaide, South Australia, on the 30th of August, 1849. He is the youngest son of the late Captain Charles William Litchfield, of Her Majesty's Imperial Army, who came to South Australia in the early days, and died there in 1850, when the subject of this notice was but a year old. Mr. B. M. Litchfield received the major portion of his education at private schools in Adelaide, and completed his collegiate course at the Academy of Mr. Robert Thompson, M.A. At the age of sixteen he entered the Customs department of South Australia, in Adelaide, but resigned four years later to come to New Zealand. Arriving in Auckland in 1869, he joined the Bank of New Zealand as clerk in the inspectors' department, where he remained till 1873. Mr. Litchfield was then transferred to the West Coast gold-field and subsequently promoted to the position of accountant and stationed at Hokitika. Six years after, he became manager of the branch of the Bank at Greymouth, which important position he held till 1886. After about a year in Adelaide, during which he had charge of the business of the Bank in that city, Mr. Litchfield was granted a year's leave of absence to visit England, whence he returned in 1889. He was appointed to the office he now holds in 1890. Mr. Litchfield was married in 1880 at Greymouth, to Miss Elizabeth Margaretta, eldest daughter of Mr. W. J. Coates, merchant of that town, and has two sons and one daughter.
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