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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

The Hon. Sir Henry John Miller

The Hon. Sir Henry John Miller,

Member of the Legislative Council, is the second son of the late Rev. Sir Thomas Miller, Bart, of Hampshire, England, and was born in 1830, at Froyle, Alton, Hants, and educated at Eton. At the age of thirty he arrived in Otago, from Sydney, by the “City of Sydney,” and since that time he has been actively intarested in pastoral pursuits, and latterly in the coal-mining industry. Sir Henry entered public life as a member of the Provincial Council of Otago, in which he represented Oamaru, and for about two years he held office in the Executive as Secretary for Public Works. He was nominated to the Legislative Council by the Weld Ministry, on the 8th of July, 1865, and he sat as a member of the Executive Council of the Fox-Vogel Government in 1872. On the 8th of July, 1892, Sir Henry was elected Speaker of the Legislative Council, in succession to Sir Harry Atkinson, and held the position till June, 1903. He was married, in 1864, to a daughter of the late Mr. John Orbell, of Waikouaiti, and has, surviving, five sons and one daughter.