Henry Marks

Sir Henry Marks
Member of the Legislative Council
In office
1905–1908, 1911–1929
ConstituencySuva
Personal details
Born5 February 1861[1]
Melbourne, Victoria
Died5 June 1938 (age 77)
SpouseAnnie Abrahams
ProfessionBusinessman

Sir Henry Marks CBE JP (5 February 1861 – 5 June 1938) was an Australian-born Fijian politician, serving as a member of the Legislative Council of Fiji for over twenty years. Alongside Robert Crompton, John Maynard Hedstrom and Henry Milne Scott, he was one of the 'big four' that heavily influenced the Fijian economy and political sphere in the first half of the 20th century.[2]

  1. ^ Who's Who in New Zealand and the Western Pacific, 1938, p335
  2. ^ Death of Robert Crompton: Last of the Fiji big four Pacific Islands Monthly, January 1959, p15