John Grigg (21 April 1828 – 5 November 1901) was a 19th-century

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, New Zealand. Grigg was born in

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, England, on 21 April 1828 and baptised in the nearby Duloe two days later. He briefly represented the Wakanui electorate from 23 July 1884 to 4 June 1885, when he resigned.

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