William Henry Quick

William Henry Quick (15 October 1843 – 13 September 1911) was a New Zealand businessman, politician, and solicitor.[1] He was born in Sierra Leone, and received education at Horton College in Ross, Tasmania. His father, Rev W. A. Quick, was afterwards president there. Quick became a solicitor in 1866, and then came immediately to New Zealand. He was a member of the Wellington City Council for the Lambton Ward from 1884–1887.[2][3]

Career

He practiced as a solicitor first in Whanganui before doing so in Wellington.[2] From 1906 to 1911 he was a director of the Bank of New Zealand.[2]

Later life

Quick died on 13 September 1911 aged 67, outlived by his father who died later in 1915 as the oldest Methodist minister in the entire world.[4][5]

References
  1. "Supreme Court". The Wellington Independent. Vol. XXVI, no. 3224. 13 June 1871. p. 2. Retrieved 3 April 2017 – via Papers Past.
  2. Scholefield, Guy (1940). Dictionary of New Zealand Biography M–Addenda (PDF). Wellington: Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. p. 192. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
  3. "The Municipal Elections". New Zealand Times. Vol. XLIII, no. 7270. 12 September 1884. p. 7. Retrieved 3 April 2017 – via Papers Past.
  4. "Mr. W. H. Quick". Evening Post. Vol. LXXXII, no. 64. 13 September 1911. p. 8. Retrieved 7 April 2017 – via Papers Past.
  5. "Religious World". Auckland Star. Vol. XLVI, no. 301. 18 December 1915. p. 14. Retrieved 7 April 2017 – via Papers Past.
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