Captain of the Napier Volunteers. Wrote to Donald McLean from Wellington and Elsthorpe in 1866-1871. Represented Napier, and also, later, Waipawa, in the House of Representatives, under the Stafford and Grey Governments, was born in Woolwich, Kent, England, in the year 1819, went to Sydney, Australia, about 1839, and for many years acted as Colonial Storekeeper for the Government in Sydney. In 1861 he came to New Zealand, in the ship 'Montezuma', landed in Napier, and subsequently purchased the Elsthorpe estate, a property of 10,000 acres, in the Patangata County, Hawke's Bay. Mr. Buchanan was chairman of the Hawke's Bay Provincial Council, and was in command of the Napier Rifles at the time of the Omaranui rising. He died in the year 1892, and left a family of four sons and two daughters.
Buchanan, John, 1819-1892
Papers relating to John Buchanan (ET/MISC 046)
Date: [1862-1865]
From: Stratford, Peter : Epsom Trust collection
Reference: MS-Papers-11750-10
Description: Correspondence and accounts relating to John Buchanan and Elsthorpe. Handwritten letter from Donald McLean and a certificate from George Grey both relating to Captain John Buchanan's appointment as Captain of the Napier Rifle Volunteers. The certificate includes the official Governor's seal attached. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0 Linear Metres.
Papers relating to Elsthorpe estate (ET/MISC 046)
Date: [1863-1924]
From: Stratford, Peter : Epsom Trust collection
Reference: MS-Papers-11750-22
Description: Papers relating to Elsthorpe Estate including documents relating to the Will of John Buchanan, dated 1886, and papers relating to the estate of Sarah Buchanan. Also includes draft correspondence relating to a loan, dated 1863, and a letter from the Public Trust Office relating to the application to hold a raffle by the 'Ladies of Elsthorpe', dated 1904, and accounts documentation of A W Kenderdine, 1919-1920. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0 Linear Metres.
Farm notebook (ET/MISC 046)
Date: [1885-1887]
From: Stratford, Peter : Epsom Trust collection
Reference: MS-Papers-11750-11
Description: Small leather farm diary/notebook, also loose papers that were tipped into the pocket of the notebook. Notebook includes lists and accounts and loose papers includes a letter from Hugh J Finn, solicitor relating to a land purchase at Patutahi, from Peti Karaitiana. Papers also include a receipt dated 1887, and some loose notes. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0 Linear Metres.
Papers relating to Elsthorpe estate (ET/MISC 046)
Date: [1866-1924]
From: Stratford, Peter : Epsom Trust collection
Reference: MS-Papers-11750-21
Description: Papers relating to Elsthorpe Estate including documents relating to the Will of John Buchanan, dated 1892. Also includes accounts records of Albert Kenderdine, an undated memorandum relating to the construction of a railway line between the Tukituki River and the Coast and a copy of the Will of Albert William Kenderdine 16 Sept 1909. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0 Linear Metres.
Land documents (ET/MISC 046)
Date: [1873-1897]
From: Stratford, Peter : Epsom Trust collection
Reference: fMS-Papers-11750-1
Description: Contains land documents and legal documents relating to the Buchanan family of Elsthorpe. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0 Linear Metres.
Members of the House of Representatives, 1882
Date: 1882
From: S P Andrew Ltd :Portrait negatives
By: Clarke, William Henshaw, 1831-1910
Reference: 1/1-018643-F
Description: Photographic copy of a montage of photographic portraits depicting members of the 1882 House of Representatives. All portraits taken by William Henshaw Clarke of Wellington. Copy of montage made by S P Andrew Ltd. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative
Inward letters - Surnames, Bro - Buc
Date: 1856-1875, n d
From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0187
Description: Correspondents: Includes letters from Browning of Auckland, 1863 (1 letter); A Bruce, Sydney, 1874 (1 letter); Thomas Brunner, Nelson, 1856 & 1873 (2 letters); John Bryce, Wellington, 1871 & 1875 (2 letters); A Buchanan, Clovernook, 1861 (1 letter); John Buchanan, Wellington & Elsthorpe, 1866-1871, undated (6 letters); E C Buck, Wellington, 1875 (1 letter); George Buck, Auckland, 1860 (1 letter); Alfred Buckland, Auckland, 1860 (1 letter); W Buckland (to Aitken), Auckland, 1873 (1 letter); W H Buckle, Co. Galway, Ireland (on behalf of Miss Frances McCabe re death of her brother in NZ and the McCabe family circumstances), 1860s. Quantity: 1 folder(s).