Frederic Wanklyn Williams (1854–1940) was a New Zealand business proprietor, company director and community leader. He was born in
Whakato,
East Coast,
New Zealand
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in 1854.
F W Williams was the eldest child of the
Bishop of Waiapu
The Diocese of Waiapu is one of the 13 dioceses and ''hui amorangi'' (Māori bishoprics) of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The Diocese covers the area around the East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand, includin ...
. With Nathaniel Kettle he founded the stock and station agency, importers and general merchants
Williams & Kettle
Williams & Kettle Limited with headquarters in Napier, New Zealand, owned a stock and station agent, stock and station agency business and a general merchants business with branches throughout the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. In ...
with its headquarters in Napier.
The Cyclopaedia of New Zealand (Taranaki, Hawke's Bay & Wellington Provincial Districts) 1908
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From 1902 he served briefly as Mayor of Napier
The mayor of Napier is the head of the municipal government of Napier, New Zealand, and presides over the Napier City Council. Napier is New Zealand's ninth largest city. The first mayor was elected in 1875. The current mayor is Kirsten Wise.
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while he steered through a new loan to help develop the town. That done he resigned from the mayoralty in 1904 returning to his commercial interests but retaining his community involvement in the local harbour board between 1889 and 1919 together with the Hawke's Bay A & P Society as chairman and giving eight years service on the Hawke's Bay Education Board.
References
1854 births
1940 deaths
New Zealand stock and station agents
19th-century New Zealand businesspeople
People from the Gisborne District
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