 Guise Brittan

William Guise Brittan (3 December 1809 – 18 July 1876), mostly known as Guise Brittan and commonly referred to as W. G. Brittan, was the first Commissioner of Crown Lands for Canterbury in New Zealand.Brittan was born in Gloucester, South West England, in 1809 into a respectable middle-class family that originated from Bristol.