William Henry Quick


William Henry Quick was a New Zealand businessman, politician, and solicitor. He was born in Sierra Leone, and received education at Horton College in Ross, Tasmania. His father, Rev W. A. Quick, was afterwards president there. Quick became a solicitor in 1866, and then came immediately to New Zealand. He was a member of the Wellington City Council for the Lambton Ward from 1884–1887.

Career

He practiced as a solicitor first in Whanganui before doing so in Wellington. From 1906 to 1911 he was a director of the Bank of New Zealand.

Later life

Quick died on 13 September 1911 aged 67, outlived by his father who died later in 1915 as the oldest Methodist minister in the entire world.