WALTON, HENRY, the son of a cotton manufacturer, was born in England, and with his brother came to New Zealand in the early forties. They took up land at Maungatapere, near Whangarei, and supplied trees for the Kapara timber mills, and established a lime kiln on Limestone Island in Whangarei harbour. After much heavy expenditure they succeeded in mining coal at Whangarei. Walton represented Marsden in the Auckland Provincial Council (1865-67), and sat in the Legislative Council (1863-66). In 1867 he returned to England to manage his father's business and he died there in 1896.

Auckland P.C., 1865-67; N.Z.P.D., 1863-66; Cycl. N.Z., ii.

Reference: Volume 2, page 231

🌳 Further sources