Henry Lahmann, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetHenry Lahmann
New Zealand politician
Date of Birth: 21-Feb-1816
Date of Death: 01-Jun-1890
Profession: politician
Nationality: New Zealand
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Henry Lahmann
- Henry Hermann Lahmann (21 February 1816 – 1 June 1890), also known as Henry Herman Lahman and often referred to as H.
- H.
- Lahman, was a German immigrant who became a politician on the West Coast of New Zealand.
- He was active in provincial politics and was later appointed to the Legislative Council (1872–1890). Lahmann was born in 1816 in Bremen, Germany, where he received his education.
- He went to London as a young man for business.
- He emigrated to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in 1853, where he worked as a merchant and shipping agent for eight years.
- He came to Otago in New Zealand when gold was discovered and had a tobacco store in Dunedin.
- The West Coast Gold Rush brought him to Greymouth in late 1865, where he had business interests in shipping, timber, and as a general merchant.Lahmann was one of the founding members of the Greymouth town improvement committee.
- He succeeded William Henry Harrison as the representative of the Greymouth riding on the Westland County, the predecessor of Westland Province; he represented Greymouth from December 1868 until December 1872.
- He was the fourth chairman of Westland County, from 12 January 1871 to 8 January 1873.When the Westland Province was inaugurated, Lahmann successfully stood for election in January 1874 for one of the three seats in the Greymouth electorate.
- He remained a member of the provincial council until the abolition of the council in October 1876.
- After John White resigned as Speaker of the Provincial Council to join its Executive, Lahmann became the council's second and last Speaker (8 June 1874 – 31 October 1876).He was a member of the Legislative Council from 9 July 1872 until his death.Lahmann died on to 1 June 1890 at his residence in Albert Street, Greymouth.
- He had been in poor health for several years and had been almost blind during that time.
- His wife had died many years before him.
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