DEATH OF THE HON. W.H. REYNOLDS, M.L.C.

Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 77, 3 April 1899, Page 2

DEATH OF THE HON. W.H. REYNOLDS, M.L.C.

« _ +- -— DEATH OE THE HON. W. H. - REYNOLDS, M.L.C. DUNEDIN, this day. • The Hon. W. H. Reynolds, MX.C, died at- Dunedin late on Saturday afternoon, in his 76th year. Deceased was a son of Thomas Reynolds and Marion (Hunter) his wife, 'i He was bom at Chatham, Kent, on May 1, 1822. Mr Reynolds, who arrived in Otago, N.Z., from London in January, 1951, was returned to the •? Provincial Council for Dunedin in 1853 at the first election after the granting / of a constitution to the colony. He retained his seat till the provinces were abolished in 1875, and in the meantime held office on several occasions in the Provincial Executive, besides for a time filling the office of Speaker in the Provincial Council. In 1863 Mr Reynolds was member for Dunedin in the New Zealand House of.' Representatives from 1863 to 1878, when he resigned, and was nominated- - to the Legislative Council in the same year. Mr Reynolds, who was married at Caversham, Dunedin, on October : 7th, 1856, to Miss Rache?. Selena Pink-■-.. erton, was Commissioner of Customs v in the Waterhouse and Fox Ministries from October, 1872, to April, 1573, and Colonial Secretary under Sir Julius Vogel from the latter date until July, 1875, when he became Commissioner of Customs in the Pollen Ministry, holding office till February, 1876. He was a member without- portfolio of the Stout-Vogel Ministry of 1854_»7, ,