William Walter Cargill was the founder of the Otago settlement in New Zealand, after serving as an officer in the British Army. He was a member of parliament and Otago's first Superintendent.
Cargill, c. 1850s
Cargill's Monument on Princes Street in Dunedin
Cargill's Castle
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The ruins of Cargill's Castle stand on a promontory overlooking the Pacific Ocean in New Zealand's southern city of Dunedin. It is one of about ten castles in New Zealand, the other one in Otago being
William Cargill (New Zealand politician)
…Road, named for Cargill's house. A Tasmanian sandstone monument to Cargill, simply known as the Cargill Monument, was built in Dunedin in 1863–64. Cargill's Castle, a ruined stately home above St Clair is not named for William Cargill, but for his son Edward. William Cargill Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand…
The ruins of Cargill's Castle, now surrounded by new residential subdivisions, in southwest Dunedin, New Zealand.