to July 1857. Death Merriman had been ill for four months when he died at his residence in Parnell on 21 July 1865. He was buried at the Symonds Street Cemetery the following day. His wife died in 1868. Notes References 1818 births 1865 deaths Burials at Symonds Street Cemetery Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives Members of the Auckland Provincial Council 19th-century New Zealand lawyers People from Marlborough, Wiltshire People from Auckland Members of Auckland provincial executive councils New Zealand MPs for Auckland electorates English emigrants to New Zealand Members of the New Zealand Legislative Council (1841–1853)