George Cutfield (1799 – 22 January 1879) was an early settler in New Zealand. He was active as a politician in

Taranaki Taranaki is a regions of New Zealand, region in the west of New Zealand's North Island. It is named after its main geographical feature, the stratovolcano Mount Taranaki, Taranaki Maunga, formerly known as Mount Egmont. The main centre is the ...

and was the second Superintendent of

Taranaki Province The Taranaki Province was a Provinces of New Zealand, province of New Zealand from 1853 until the abolition of provincial government in 1876. Initially known as New Plymouth Province, the province was renamed on 1 January 1859 as the Taranaki Pro ...

. Cutfield was born in

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, in 1799. At

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, he was a naval architect. For the Plymouth Company, a subsidiary of the

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, he was in charge of the expedition that left

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on 19 November 1840 on the ''William Bryan'' and arrived at what would become

New Plymouth New Plymouth () is the major city of the Taranaki region on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is named after the English city of Plymouth, in Devon, from where the first English settlers to New Plymouth migrated. The New Pl ...

on 30 March 1840. Cutfield 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 31 December 1853 to 18 March 1854, when he resigned; and 16 February 1858 to 10 April 1867, when he again resigned. He was the second Superintendent of

from 1857 to 1861.

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1799 births 1879 deaths People from Taranaki Superintendents of New Zealand provincial councils Members of the New Zealand Legislative Council (1841–1853) Members of the New Zealand Legislative Council {{NewZealand-politician-stub