Henry Baldwin (mayor)

Henry Baldwin (1856 – 30 October 1928) was a British born New Zealand businessman and politician who was Mayor of Lower Hutt and chairman of the Wellington Hospital Board.

Baldwin was born in 1856 to a Cockney family in Stepney in London's east end.

When Bunny retired in 1914 he stood again and was elected Mayor of Lower Hutt on his third attempt ahead of two sitting borough councillors.

The council responded by allocating the land of the Hutt Recreation Ground to grow potatoes to assist with food production.

He was predeceased by his wife and son who were killed during the sinking of the SS Wairarapa off Great Barrier Island in October 1894.