Henry Manders
Isaac Henry Manders was a New Zealand politician who was a Member of Parliament in the Otago region.
Manders was born in England and baptised in Finsbury, London. He lived in Australia in the 1850s and 1860s with his wife, Dorothea Coleman Hyde. Their son Thomas Charles was born in Kilmore, Victoria, followed by the birth of their daughter, Dorothea Charlotte in Prahran, Victoria and their son Theodore Richard in Geelong, Victoria.
Manders was one of three candidates in the electorate in the, when he came a distant last to James Benn Bradshaw.
Manders came second in the for the Wakatipu electorate but represented it from 1876 to 1879, when he was defeated.
He was descended from the wealthy Manders of Dublin, born in London, and educated at Rugby School. He had been on the Otago Provincial Council, and employed by local councils.
He died in Queenstown aged 62 One report said his abilities were "misdirected" and he had been "on the spree".
