[1] He followed his elder brother Francis to New Zealand, arriving on the barque Brougham in Wellington in 1842.

[3] In his diary, he says about his parliamentary career that "In the Assembly I voted with the Government, but only spoke once in a debate, and then briefly.

He held several posts including Secretary of Public Works and Provincial Treasurer.

He lived with his wife, Caroline, six daughters and two sons in Europe from 1877 and when they returned to New Zealand in 1884 settled in Patea.

[5] Although he had no connection with Otago, Jollie is commemorated in the name of a street in Mosgiel.