Frederick de Carteret Malet

Frederick de Carteret Malet (26 October 1843 – 21 March 1912) was a leader in business, church, and educational matters in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Malet was born in 1837 at Saint Helier, Jersey.

[2] Malet farmed in Otago and Canterbury for four years before he was appointed by the Superintendent of Canterbury Province, William Rolleston, as clerk at the Warden's Court in Hokitika.

He then studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1881; he practised for the next six years.

[3] Malet died on 21 March 1912 after having been ill for 18 months.