About John Lewthwaite
Lived 1816 – 1892 (aged 75–76). John Lewthwaite was a New Zealand politician.
John Lewthwaite (1816 – 2 August 1892) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in the Taranaki Region of New Zealand.
He represented the Grey and Bell electorate from to 1858, when he resigned.
He died in London on 2 August 1892. He had developed a machine for printing railway tickets and a method of harbour construction
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Who was John Lewthwaite?
New Zealand politician (1816–1892)
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John Lewthwaite was born in 1816.
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John Lewthwaite died in 1892.
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John Lewthwaite was a politician.
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