Charles Davis (land purchase agent)
New Zealand interpreter, writer and land purchase agent
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Charles Oliver Bond Davis (c. 1818 – 28 June 1887) was a New Zealand interpreter, writer and land purchase agent. He was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on c. 1818.[1]
Davis worked as a Māori language interpreter during the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840.[2]
In January 1868, he stood in a by-election in the City of Auckland. East electorate for the Auckland Provincial Council.[3] He was beaten by William John Hurst.[4]
He was buried at Waikumete Cemetery in Glen Eden.[2]
