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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Mr. Horatio Nelson Warner

Mr. Horatio Nelson Warner, one of the surviving pioneer colonists of Auckland, was born in London in 1819, educated at Highgate, and served an apprenticeship to his uncle, who carried on business as a wine merchant. In 1836 he left for Sydney, where he remained for three years, and then proceeded to the Bay of Islands, where he arrived on the 5th of March, 1840. Mr. Warner was engaged in survey work, and in that capacity came to Auckland in October, 1840. Dr. Logan Campbell was then living on Brown's Island, and the embryo capital consisted of only a few tents. In 1844 Mr. Warner joined the civil branch of the Royal Engineers Department; in 1853 he began surveying on his own account, and two years later joined the Provincial Government's service as draughtsman-in-charge, and Deputy Waste Lands and Crown Lands Commissioner. Mr. Warner took a part in the first volunteer movement, and was the first senior sergeant of the No. 1 Royal Company. Since 1867 Mr. Warner has been engaged in survey work on his own account, and still (1901) follows his profession. In 1850 he married the eldest daughter of Mr. Andrew Bent (father of the Tasmanian Press), and celebrated his golden wedding in 1900. Mr. Warner has a family of two sons and four daughters. The eldest son, Mr. Horatio Alfred Warner, is a Government surveyor, and the younger son, Mr. James Bent Warner, is engaged in the office of Messrs Buddle, Button, and Co., solicitors, Auckland.