Percy Higginbottom

Percy Higginbottom lived in Whanganui and the Kapiti Coast. A founding member of the Rotary Club in Whanganui, Higginbottom owned a chain of furniture stores and had interests in flax growing (1930s).

He was the patron of the Percy Higginbottom Trust, a philanthropic charity he established on his retirement in 1961. They helped fund various cultural institutions including the Higginbottom Fountain and renovation of the Whanganui Museum in the 1960s.

See also Wanganui Chronicle, and obituary