Background
Henry was born in Kopu near Thames in 1903 to John and Edith Henry. His father was a forester and sawmiller.
Henry was born in Kopu near Thames in 1903 to John and Edith Henry. His father was a forester and sawmiller.
Auckland Grammar School.
He continued to study in his spare time and entered Law School at the University of Auckland. In 1929, after marrying the late Doris, he joined Hamilton"s then biggest and busiest practice, MacDiarmid Mears and Gray. The firm continues to exist to this day.
In 1969 he gave former High Court justice and now Governor-General Dame Silvia Cartwright a job early in her legal career.
As Dame Sylvia noted, "lieutenant was the first time in my experience as a young lawyer that I had ever been employed without any comment being made on the fact that I was a woman.. the main thing was whether I could do the job or not. He was an outstanding lawyer".