William Fitzherbert (mayor)
William Alfred Fitzherbert (1842 – 2 February 1906) was the first Mayor of Lower Hutt, New Zealand, from when Lower Hutt became a borough in 1891 to 1898. He was an engineer and farmer in New Zealand.
William Fitzherbert was born in London in 1842, a son of William Fitzherbert.[1][2] The family followed his father to Wellington about 1846.[3] Fitzherbert was educated in Wellington, at Sydney Grammar School, and at Canterbury University College. He was an engineer with the Wellington Provincial Council and with the Hutt County Council.[1] He farmed in the Wanganui district, and then in the Hutt Valley and in Hawke's Bay.[3]
On 17 November 1875,[4] he married Fanny, the adopted daughter of George Waterhouse. They had five daughters and four sons.[1]
In 1904 he built Norbury,[5] now Minoh Friendship House, to house his daughter Alice and her husband George William von Zedlitz, Victoria University's first professor of modern languages.[6] Alice married Professor von Zedlitz in 1905, and Alicetown in Lower Hutt was named after her.[7]
Fitzherbert died suddenly in Lower Hutt on 2 February 1906 of heart failure.[3][8]
In 2011, plaques were installed on 13 boulders at the Hutt Recreation Ground commemorating the first 13 mayors.[9]
References
- ^ a b c Cyclopedia Company Limited (1897). "His Worship the Mayor, Mr. William Alfred Fitzherbert". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Wellington Provincial District. Wellington: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
- ^ Hamer, David. "Fitzherbert, William". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
- ^ a b c Platts, Una (1980). "William Fitzherbert, artist". Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook. Christchurch: Avon Fine Prints. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ^ "Fitzherbert-Waterhouse Marriage". The New Zealand Times. 18 November 1875.
- ^ "Families flock to handy Normandale". The Dominion Post. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "About: Venue". Hutt Minoh Friendship House Trust. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ Kaye, George (1987). Bygone Days in Lower Hutt. Lower Hutt: Lower Hutt City Council. pp. 116, 117. ISBN 0-473-00523-9.
- ^ "Death of an old Hutt Resident". The Marlborough Express. Vol. XXXIX, no. 29. 3 February 1906. p. 2. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
- ^ "Boulders mark King George VI coronation". Hutt City Council. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
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