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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Mr. Richard Henry Leary
Mr. Richard Henry Leary , who was Mayor of Dunedin during the years 1877–8, and 1886–7, was born in 1841, in London, and was educated in his native place. At an early age he emigrated to Victoria, Australia, where he entered the timber trade. A few years later he settled in Dunedin, where he became a partner in the firm of Messrs Bastings, Leary and Co., auctioneers and accountants, and was afterwards in business on his own account as an accountant. In 1894 he was sent to England by the Dunedin City Corporation, in connection with business affecting the city loans. During his sojourn in England he contracted pneumonia, which led to his death. Mr. Leary took an active interest in church work, and was for some years secretary of the Dunedin Diocesan Trust Board.