Francis Scott Pillans (1 January 1810 – 12 December 1889) was a member of the

New Zealand Legislative Council The New Zealand Legislative Council () was the upper house of the General Assembly of New Zealand between 1853 and 1951. An earlier arrangement of New Zealand Legislative Council (1841–1853), legislative councils for the colony and provinces ...

from 24 January 1863 to 28 July 1873, when he was disqualified for absence. Pillans was from

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. Born in 1810, he was the fourth son of James Pillan of Myres Castle. He received his education from

Edinburgh High School The Royal High School (RHS) of Edinburgh is a co-educational school administered by the City of Edinburgh Council. The school was founded in 1128 and is one of the oldest schools in Scotland. It serves around 1,400 pupils drawn from four feeder pr ...

and finished this in Lauenburg in Germany. He arrived in

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in 1849 on the ''Moultan''. He was described as a runholder and pisciculturist. He died at his residence in

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aged 80 years.

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1810 births 1889 deaths Members of the New Zealand Legislative Council Politicians from Dunedin Politicians from Edinburgh Scottish emigrants to New Zealand 19th-century New Zealand farmers Pisciculturists 19th-century New Zealand politicians People educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh {{NewZealand-politician-stub