School) and in Paris; he was, for a period, associate to Sir George Arney, Chief Justice of New Zealand. "Although a keen sportsman, yachtsman and cricketer, an accomplished musician and a lover of literature, Mr. Outhwaite was of a retiring disposition, taking no part in public life, yet generously interested in the advancement of his country and the well-being of its people." Charles Outhwaite died on 24 June 1925 aged 80. William Eugene Outhwaite William Eugene Outhwaite (B.A., Oxon., Barrister-at-Law of the Inner temple) was born in Auckland in 1847 He spent some of his early child life in Paris and London. He received some education in Paris. When he returned to New Zealand he was "an excellent marksman with the rifle" so signed on for the New Zealand Wars as a teenager at 15 (under the appointed age of 16) but did not see action. He received further education at St Peter's School, Auckland where he was taught by Richard O'Sullivan and at the Church of England Grammar School. He studied law in the 1860s at Oxford. He received help in choosing a college (Lincoln College was chosen) and hospitality while he was in England from Cardinal Newman who was a friend of Bishop Pompallier, the first Catholic Bishop of Auckland. Outhwaite was in London in 1871 according to the English Census. He returned to Auckland after he became a Barrister-at-Law of the Inner Temple and in Auckland became a barrister of the Courts of New Zealand (admitted in 1890) and "took office." He was a sportsman (he played cricket), sports enthusiast and critic as well as practising as a lawyer. He was a writer and playwright. He wrote an educative play called A Ladies' Guide to Cricket and a libretto for the cantata Art and Mind. This cantata was originally written (with music composed by Auckland composer, Carl Schmitt) for the opening of the Auckland Art Gallery building in 1887, but it was not first performed until 1888. The libretto, which was written in poetic form, was considered to "have no mean literary merit" (e.g. Weird as the wind in forest pines,/Loud as the dashing, surging sea/Sweet as the bell-bird's matin song/Swell our paeons of harmony). William Outhwaite wrote other poetry which was published and he was a theatre critic (under the name "Orpheus") for several publications. He was also a cellist. He died on 10 April 1900.