ANDERSON, HENRY (1838-88) was born at Glasgow, educated there and trained as an analytical chemist. He was for a while a pupil of Dr MacAdam. Before coming to New Zealand (1858) he contributed a good deal to the papers in Rothesay and made a voyage to China with his brother (a sea captain). Anderson spent two years with a sister in Rangitikei before coming into contact with T. W. McKenzie (q.v.), who appointed him in 1863 editor of the Wellington Independent. He was a vigorous and forceful writer and made his influence felt in provincial politics. With C. Roe and J. and E. Bull he founded the Advertiser (1869), which only lasted a year or two. He was editor of this paper and later of the Evening Post and the Chronicle. He married in 1864 a daughter of Henry Schultze (Wellington). In 1869 he was elected M.P.C. for Wellington, which he represented to 1871. He died on 20 Jul 1888.

Ward; N.Z. Times, 14 May 1879, 21 Jul 1888; Evening Post, 20 Jul 1888.

Reference: Volume 1, page 23

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