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William Fitzherbert was born in London in 1842, a son of William Fitzherbert.
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William Fitzherbert
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He was an engineer and farmer in New Zealand. The family followed his father to Wellington about 1846. Fitzherbert was educated in Wellington, at Sydney Grammar School, and at Canterbury University College.
He was an engineer with the Wellington Provincial Council and with the Hutt County Council.
He farmed in the Wanganui district, and then in the Hutt Valley and in Hawke’s Bay. He died suddenly in Lower Hutt on 2 February 1906 of heart failure.
In 2011, plaques were installed on 13 boulders at the Hutt Recreation Ground commemorating the first 13 mayors.
