Thomas Wigley (runholder)

[1] His father was the first magistrate in South Australia, where T. H. Wigley arrived on the Schah aged 13 years.

[2] From 7 February 1867 to 22 September 1869, he represented the Amuri electorate in the Nelson Provincial Council.

[4] Wigley sold Balmoral and soon after, in 1871, he became a third-owner in the Kakahu and Opuha Gorge Station inland from Temuka in South Canterbury.

[5] On 17 February 1863, Wigley married Mary Moorhouse at the Church of St Michael and All Angels in Christchurch.

[8] Their son, Rodolph Wigley, was the founder of the Mount Cook Group of transport and tourism companies.