HENRY, JOSEPH (1835-94) was born in Ireland and educated at Trinity College, Dublin (L.R.C.S. Ireland 1862). He came to New Zealand in the Ironsides (1864) and during the Waikato war served as surgeon with the 1st Waikato Regiment, being present at Rangiriri. He afterwards married Miss Armstrong (d. 1891) and practised at Charleston, where he was surgeon to the hospital. He represented Buller in Parliament (1876-79), being defeated by Fisher. In 1880 he graduated L.R.C.P., and two years later moved to Wellington, where he practised until his death (9 Apr 1894). Henry was a justice of the peace, chief medical officer to the Government Life Insurance department from 1889, and a governor of Wellington College and Girls' High School.

N.Z. Times, 10 Apr 1894; Westport Times and Star, 28 Dec 1926 (p). Portrait: Parliament House.

Reference: Volume 1, page 207

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