John Israel Montefiore

John Israel Montefiore was a cousin of Joseph Barrow Montefiore, the notable early nineteenth century New South Wales merchant, who had trading interests in New Zealand. Although he never married, John Montefiore had a part-Maori daughter... Montefiore arrived in Sydney, New South Wales, from London on 19 August 1829, and left there for Tauranga, New Zealand, in October 1831. His search for tradable commodities such as flax, pork and potatoes took him inland, and south to Rotorua... After leaving New Zealand, Montefiore spent a period in Sydney, then returned to England; he lived first in London, then in Southsea, near Portsmouth, Hampshire, where he died on 14 February 1898. Source: Roger Wigglesworth via Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand.

Sources

1. Roger Wigglesworth. 'Montefiore, John Israel', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/1m50/montefiore-john-israel (accessed 15 February 2022)