About Thomas Bartley
Lived 1798 – 1878 (aged 79–80). Thomas Bartley was a New Zealand politician.
Thomas Houghton Bartley JP (1798 – 25 December 1878) was an English-born New Zealand politician.
Biography
Bartley was born in 1798 in Liverpool. Like his brother William, he was a lawyer. In 1838, both of them were in Adelaide. William Bartley stayed in that city and became attorney for the South Australian Company, but Thomas Bartley went to New Zealand in 1839 and settled in the Bay of Islands. In 1841, he moved to Auckland, where he worked as a solicitor. He died on 25 December 1878 at his home in Stokes' Point (these days, the locality is the northern landing of the Auckland Harbour Bridge). He is buried in Parnell, Auckland.
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New Zealand politician
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Thomas Bartley was born in 1798 in Liverpool.
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Thomas Bartley died on 25 December 1878 in Auckland.
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Thomas Bartley was a politician.
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Thomas Bartley was New Zealand.
Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: Thomas Bartley (politician)
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Thomas Bartley. https://biography.guide/thomas-bartley-politician/
MLA: "Thomas Bartley." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/thomas-bartley-politician/.
Chicago: "Thomas Bartley." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/thomas-bartley-politician/.
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