Joseph Dresser Tetley (1825–1878)[1] was a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council from 8 July 1867 to 19 June 1869. His family were from Clervaux, at Croft, in Yorkshire,[2] though he was born a little further south, at Topcliffe.[3]

He became a sheep farmer[4] in Marlborough, on the Kekerengu River, from 1857[3] or 1858.[5] He also had an interest in Starborough,[4] near Seddon.[6]

He resigned from Parliament in 1869,[7] upon fleeing the country to escape his creditors. One of them blamed another Parliamentarian, Nathaniel Levin, and a well-publicised slander case followed.[5] Tetley may have gone to Paraguay.[3] There was a report that his wife died in Panama and that he returned to England.[8] More probably, he lived at Colonia, in Uruguay, and died there in 1878.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Members of the New Zealand Legislative Council, 1853–1950" (PDF). 3 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "The Chaytors of Coverham". nzetc.victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 "Tetley, Joseph Dresser, 1825–". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  4. 1 2 "PIONEERING DAYS. WAIKATO TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 24 March 1928. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  5. 1 2 "SUPREME COURT. COLONIST". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 24 December 1869. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "Starborough Creek, Marlborough". NZ Topo Map. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  7. ↑ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840–1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 165. OCLC 154283103.
  8. ↑ "IN THE EARLY DAYS. WAIKATO TIMES". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 14 April 1928. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  9. ↑ "The Tetley Affair". www.theprow.org.nz. December 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
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