Marmaduke Nixon

Marmaduke George Nixon (1814 – 27 May 1864) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in rural South Auckland, New Zealand. He had seen service with the British Army in India as a Major in the 39th Regiment of Foot.

He represented the Franklin electorate from 1861 to 1864, until his death in the New Zealand Wars. Colonel Nixon died of a bullet wound received on 21 February whilst leading an assault on the Māori village of Rangiaowhia during the Invasion of Waikato.

His 1868 memorial stands beside the war memorial in Ōtāhuhu (near the corner of Mangere Road/Piki Thompson Way). There have been controversial calls for the removal of the monument.