VON DER HEYDE, GUSTAV LUDWIG THEODOR (1836-91) was born at Bremen. He emigrated to South Australia as a young man, and in 1866 came to New Zealand, settling in Auckland, and entering the firm of Henderson and Macfarlane. After having lost his seat through not being naturalised, he represented Waitemata in the House of Representatives 1874-75. For some years he was German consul in Auckland. After visiting Germany he settled in Sydney, where he was general manager of a German-Australian steamship line. He died on 29 Jun 1891. Von der Heyde married (1864) Mary, daughter of Thomas Henderson (q.v.).

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