George Denton (naturalist)

[3] Denton came to Wellington at the beginning of 1856 from Nelson where he had arrived from London on 17 January 1856 on the sailing ship China.

Denton sold ironmongery and sports equipment (tennis racquets, cricket bats, firearms, fishing tackle) and provided the services of watchmaker and jeweller from his shop at 58 Willis Street.

[note 1][4] Storms at high tides could wash away stock on display in front of father-in-law George Bennett's shop at the junction with Lambton Quay.

[6] Denton's hatchery near his house distributed some 5000 to 6000 hatchling trout around the lower North Island each year.

Now a part of Wellington Town Belt, it is sandwiched between Zealandia and Polhill Gully on a high ridge,[9] far behind where the Dentons once lived.