The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Nelson, Marlborough & Westland Provincial Districts]
Mr. Percy Gordon Williams
Mr. Percy Gordon Williams
is the youngest son of the late Mr. F. Williams, and was born on his present farm on the 18th of August, 1868. for some time he attended the local public school, afterwards received private tuition in Sydney, and later on studied for the legal profession in Blenheim. In the year 1890, however, Mr. Williams gave up the idea of folowing
page 353
law as a profession, and joined the Union Bank of Australia, in which he was employed for five years, first, in the Blenheim branch, and afterwards in the head office at Wellington; but in 1896, he resigned in order to take up farming. For a while Mr. Williams worked on the Richmond Brook estate and other sheep stations in the Awatere, and then took up Brooklands Farm, which he has since conducted with considerable success. He is interested in literray matters, and is an occasional contributor
to southern papers. Mr. Williams is a member of the Marlborough Agricultural and Pastoral Association, the Marlborough Club, and of other public bodies.
Maccy, photo.
Mr. P. G. Williams.