John Logan Campbell - Cornwall Park

Cornwall Park

In 1901, during the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, Logan Campbell donated Cornwall Park to the people of New Zealand and named it after the Duke and Duchess. Logan Campbell died on 22 June 1912. He is buried on the summit of Auckland's famous One Tree Hill, which he had named, in the middle of Cornwall Park.

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