Edmund Hooke Wilson Bellairs (1823–1896) was a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council.
Bellairs was born in Norfolk and arrived in Dunedin in 1852.[1] He was a member of the Legislative Council in Auckland from 31 December 1853 to 17 June 1856, when his membership lapsed due to absence.[2] He left New Zealand about 1856 and afterwards lived mainly in France. Copies and reproductions of Bellairs' pencil drawings and watercolours of historic interest are held at the Hocken Collections.[1]
Bellairs died 14 September 1896 at Newlands, Hatfield, Hertfordshire.[3]
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Platts, Una (1980). Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook. Christchurch: Avon Fine Prints.
- ^ a b Platts, Una (1980). Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook. Christchurch: Avon Fine Prints.
- ^ Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer. p. 74.
- ^ Bellairs, Edmund Hooke Wilson (14 September 1896). "Obituary". The Leeds Mercury (Weekly Supplement). Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. p. 5.