Herbert Macandrew ( 1858 – 15 January 1917) was a New Zealand medical doctor and medical superintendent of the

Seaview Asylum The Seaview Asylum (also known as Seaview Hospital) was a psychiatric hospital located to the north of Hokitika, in the West Coast Region of New Zealand's South Island, adjacent to the former Westland Hospital. Open from 1872 to 2009, Seaview tra ...

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on the West Coast of the South Island. Macandrew's father was the politician

James Macandrew James Macandrew (1819(?) – 25 February 1887) was a New Zealand ship-owner and politician. He served as a Member of Parliament from 1853 to 1887 and as the last Superintendent of Otago Province. Early life Macandrew was born in Scotland, pro ...

and he was one of four brothers and four sisters. He was born in

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and attended

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. He studied medicine at the

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; after graduating in 1883 he worked at an asylum in

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. He was assistant medical officer at Seacliff Asylum and from 1887 was medical superintendent at

in Hokitika for 28 years. He and his wife had one son and two daughters. Macandrew died of cancer on 15 January 1917 aged 57 in Hokitika. He is buried in the Hokitika Cemetery.

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Photo of Herbert Macandrew in National Library
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