OBITUARY. MR. A. P. STUART.

Evening Post, Volume LIII, Issue 123, 26 May 1897, Page 6

OBITUARY. MR. A. P. STUART.

Mr. Archibald Paisley Stuart, one of the early settlers of Wellington, was found dead in his private sitting-room at the Empire Hotel about tf o'clock last evening. The deceased was born about 70 years ago, in Glasgow, where his father was carrying on the business of an auctioneer. He came out to Wellington by the Indian Queen in January, 1857, at the request of his brother, Mr. James Mellis Stuart, senior partner in the firm of Stuart, Kincross & Co. The firm removed to Napier shortty after his arrival, and he took over its business in Wellington, carrying it on in Customhous-e-street, and afterwards in Customhouse-quay, under the title of A. P. Stuart & Co., until 1879, when he sold out to Messrs. Harcourt & Co. Since then he has devoted himself to the management of his various lauded properties. He was a partner of Mr. John Davies in an esteusive sheep run in the Foxton district. Eight years ago Mr. Stuart went on a visit to the "Old Country, and remained there for about 12 months. For some years past the deceased had been in feeble health, and his death was not unexpected. Mr. Stuart, who was unmarried, was of a retiring disposition, and was held in respect by many citizeus. His only relatives in the colony are Mr. D. T. Stuart (his eldest brother's son) and Mr. George Eobertson, District Manager of the Government Insurance Department (his sister's son).