Men-at-the-Bar/Buller, Walter Lawry

by Joseph Foster

Buller, Walter Lawry, C.M.G., F.R.S., D.Sc, resident magistrate New Zealand 1862-72, author of The Birds of New Zealand and other scientific papers, a fellow Royal, Linnean, Geological, and Royal Geographical Societies, a knight 1st class Austrian order of Francis Joseph, 1st class order of Frederick of Wurtemburg, order of merit 1st class of Hesse Darmstadt, created C.M.G. 1875, a student of the Inner Temple 20 Nov., 1871 (then aged 33), called to the bar 6 June, 1874 (eldest son of Rev. James Buller, of Auckland, New Zealand); born , 1838; married , 1862, Charlotte, 3rd dau. of Gilbert Mair Esq., J.P.

Wellington, New Zealand.