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William Cargill was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, 1784. He Sailed for New Zealand on the boat [[John Wickliffe]] on 24 November 1847, and arrived there the 23rd of March 1875 at what is now Port Chalmers, Otago. He was a soldier, merchant, coloniser and politician and had 2 sons, John (who became a politician too) and Edward. William Cargill died on the 6 August 1860.
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