Charles Oliver Bond Davis (c.1818 – 28 June 1887) was a New Zealand interpreter, writer and land purchase agent. He was born in

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on c.1818. Davis worked as a

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interpreter during the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. In January 1868, he stood in a by-election in the City of Auckland East electorate for the Auckland Provincial Council. He was beaten by

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. He was buried at Waikumete Cemetery in Glen Eden.

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1810s births 1887 deaths Interpreters Australian emigrants to New Zealand 19th-century New Zealand translators Burials at Waikumete Cemetery {{NewZealand-writer-stub