Dr Hugh Hutchison Inglis, (10/5/1836-7/10/1877). "exemplary diligence and fidelity"

We record with regret the death of Dr Inglis, of the Taieri, one of the best known, and most widely respected medical practitioners in this Province. The cause of death was heart disease, which followed an attack of rheumatic fever, from which the doctor suffered while at college. The wonder is that for the last fifteen years he has been able, notwithstanding this grave disease, to fulfil his arduous duties as he has done. Few men more beloved than Dr Inglis, and we know that the Taieri people, who knew his value, will find it difficult to fill his place.  -Evening Star, 8/10/1877.

The funeral of the late Dr Inglis took place on the 10th inst., at the East Taieri cemetery. A large number of persons attended, many gentlemen from Dunedin, and several members of the medical profession, being also in the procession. After the interment, a number of those present adjourned to the schoolhouse, where it was agreed to erect a tombstone, by subscription, in honour of the Doctor's memory. Although the late Doctor was surgeon to the East Taieri Volunfceers, but few of the corps were present at the imposing service.   -Bruce Herald, 12/10/1877.

At a meeting of the settlers of the Taieri, convened on the occasion of the interment of the remains of the late lamented Dr Inglis, it was moved, seconded, and. unanimously agreed to, that a memorial tombstone, commemorative of the high estimation in which the late doctor was held, be erected over his grave. The meeting was convened under a solemn sense of the great loss which the district sustained in the removal of Dr Inglis. They were called together to note the departure of one who for 15 years occupied the position of medical adviser in the Taieri with consummate tact and ability, and with the greatest acceptances to the people. There is only one opinion, that as a consulting physician and family doctor, he discharged his duties with exemplary diligence and fidelity. The Settlers in the district would specially record their sense of the high standard of duty which Dr Inglis set before himself during his whole professional career, in which his life was unsparingly spent. Instant in season and out of season, in visiting the sick as long as health and strength permitted, his deep interest in his patients of all grades, remained unclouded till the close of his lingering illness. The whole district in which Dr Inglis laboured will long cherish his memory with lively gratitude and affection. The deepest sympathy is held for Mrs Inglis and her family.  -Otago Daily Times, 12/10/1877.

East Taieri Cemetery.  DCC photo.