# George Cutfield
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{{Short description|19th century New Zealand politician}}
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'''George Cutfield''' (1799 – 22 January 1879) was an early settler in New Zealand. He was active as a politician in [Taranaki](/source/Taranaki) and was the second [Superintendent](/source/Superintendent_(New_Zealand)) of [Taranaki Province](/source/Taranaki_Province).
Cutfield was born in [Deal, Kent](/source/Deal%2C_Kent), in 1799. At [Devonport, Plymouth](/source/Devonport%2C_Plymouth), he was a naval architect. For the Plymouth Company, a subsidiary of the [New Zealand Company](/source/New_Zealand_Company), he was in charge of the expedition that left [Plymouth](/source/Plymouth) on 19 November 1840 on the ''William Bryan'' and arrived at what would become [New Plymouth](/source/New_Plymouth) on 30 March 1840.[{{cite book | editor-last = Scholefield | editor-first = Guy | editor-link = Guy Scholefield | title = A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : A–L | volume = I | year = 1940 | publisher = [Department of Internal Affairs](/source/Department_of_Internal_Affairs_(New_Zealand)) | location = Wellington | url = https://nzhistory.govt.nz/sites/default/files/documents/dnzb-1940/scholefield-dnzb-v1.pdf | access-date = 4 July 2020 |page=187}}]
Cutfield member of the [New Zealand Legislative Council](/source/New_Zealand_Legislative_Council) from 31 December 1853 to 18 March 1854, when he resigned; and 16 February 1858 to 10 April 1867, when he again resigned.[{{cite book |last= Wilson |first= Jim | author-link=Jim Wilson (librarian) |title= New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1984 |edition= 4 |orig-year= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1985 |publisher= V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer |location= Wellington |oclc= 154283103 |page=152}}]
He was the second [Superintendent](/source/Superintendent_(New_Zealand)) of [Taranaki Province](/source/Taranaki_Province) from 1857 to 1861.