predecessor successor death_date party birth_date order term_start article_title term_end name
harry atkinson william campbell walker 6 february 1918 independent 9 september 1830 8th speaker of the legislative council 8 july 1892 henry miller -lrb- new zealand politician -rrb-
 6 october 1903 henry miller
henry miller -lrb- new zealand politician -rrb-

sir henry john miller -lrb- 9 september 1830 -- 6 february 1918 -rrb- was a new zealand politician .
miller was the second son of the rev. sir thomas combe miller , 6th baronet -lrb- see miller baronets -rrb- and his wife martha holmes , daughter of the rev. thomas holmes , of bungay , suffolk .
he was educated at eton college and admitted to trinity college , cambridge on 8 july 1848 .
he rowed in the cambridge eight in the second boat race of 1849 in december when cambridge lost .
miller went to new zealand where he took up sheep farming and was involved in other commercial activities at otago .
he was a member of the provincial government of otago from 1863 to 1864 , a member of the new zealand legislative council from 1865 to 1917 , when he resigned .
he was the speaker of the legislative council from 1892 to 1903 .
he was knighted in 1901 .
miller married jessie orbell , daughter of john orbell , of hawkesbury -lrb- near waikouaiti -rrb- , new zealand on 15 december 1864 , and had a family .
