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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Mr. Reginald Hugh Hunter-Weston

Mr. Reginald Hugh Hunter-Weston , J.P., Proprietor of the Cottesbrook estate, is a son of Colonel Gould Hunter-Weston, of “Hunterston,” Ayrshire, Scotland. He was born in Ayrshire, in 1869, and was educated at Wellington College. He passed through the militia into the army, and served for three years as a subaltern in India, but his health broke down, and he returned to Scotland. Mr. Hunter-Weston came out to New Zealand in 1895, and to gain a thorough knowledge of farming he worked as a cadet on Akitio station (Wellington), Ringway (Southland), and Gladbrook (Middlemarch). for about four years before acquiring the Cottesbrook estate. He was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1902. Mr. Hunter-Weston married the second daughter of Mr. John Roberts, C.M.G., and has one son.