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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

Mr. Henry Allison

Mr. Henry Allison, Secretary of the South Waimakariri River Board, was born in Mansfield, Nottingham, in 1847, and arrived with his parents in Lyttelton per ship “Isabella Hercus” in 1856. He was educated at local schools and privately, and got his early business experience in the office of his father, the late Mr. Charles Allison, a well-known accountant and building society secretary. Mr. Allison entered the office of Messrs. Harman and Stevens in 1871, in which he has risen to the position of chief clerk. He was appointed secretary to the river board in 1881, and was for many years on the vestry of St. John's Church, Christchurch, and a member of the synod for that parish. He was married in 1880 to a daughter of Mr. Charles Kiver, and has four sons and a daughter.