Henry Croft, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Henry Croft

Lumber and mining magnate

Date of Birth: 15-Jan-1856

Place of Birth: Darling Point, New South Wales, Australia

Date of Death: 28-Jul-1917

Profession: businessperson, engineer, miner, civil engineer, mining engineer

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Henry Croft (January 15, 1856 — July 28, 1917) was an Australian-born lumber and mining magnate on Vancouver Island in the early 1900s.
He founded the town of Crofton, British Columbia in 1902 as a place to house the smelter for his coal mine on Mount Sicker.
He also served in the British Columbia Legislature representing Cowichan from 1886 until 1894.