BROWN, Reverend Henry William

(1822-13/07/1886)

Henry arrived 13/09/1852 on the Samuel. He married on 28/11/1853 to Lucy Clifton (1830-17/10/1906) in Australind. Lucy was the daughter of Marshall Waller. They had no surviving children but could have had a daughter born in 1868. Henry had a Master's of Arts from Trinity College, Cambridge. He was Colonial Chaplain of Bunbury in 1852 and a visiting chaplain of the Convict Establishment in Busselton. In 1855 he bought Bunbury Town Lots, then in 1862, Busselton Town Lots. He corresponded in 1866 in regards to the Tillage leases at Williams. Henry employed thirty-two ticket of leave men between 1864 and 1874. He was on the Wellington Board of Education and in 1870, he was the Chairman of the Town institute. He was a member of the Busselton Working Men's Society and the secretary of the Southern District Agricultural Society of 1875.

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