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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

Mr. William Vincent

Mr. William Vincent was a Member of the Christchurch City Council for seven or eight years. He was born in 1832, at Roude, Wiltshire, England, and came to Lyttelton in 1861 by the ship “Travancore.” For ten years he worked at various sheep stations, but in 1861 he and Mr. E. Deacon entered into partnership in the establishment of the City Brewery, in Colombo Street south. Christchurch. Mr. Vincent afterwards bought out his partner and then carried on the page 113 business by himself until 1889, when he sold it and bought the Heathstock estate at Horsley Down. There he carried on sheepfarming until 1897, when he sold Heathstock and bought the Wharfdale estate at Bennetts, which he held at the time of his death, which occurred on the 9th of September, 1901. While he resided in Christchurch, Mr. Vincent served not only on the City Council but also on the Drainage Board and the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, of each of which he was for a time chairman. At the time of his death he was a member of the Cashmere Hills Domain Board. Mr. Vincent was married, in 1861, to the second daughter of Mr. John Stace, of Berwick, Christchurch, and was survived by his wife, five sons and four daughters.