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… George Stoddart Whitmore was born on 30 May 1829 in Malta, the son of George St Vincent Whitmore and his wife, Isabella Maxwell … from 18 October 1877 until 8 October 1879 in Sir George Grey 's ministry, also holding the post of commissioner of … Whitmore, George Stoddart …
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… George Vesey Stewart was born in Brighton, Sussex, England, … Tyrone, Ireland, and his wife, Frances Vesey. As a child George travelled extensively with his family in Europe. In … where she ran a boarding house for many years. She died in Grey Lynn on 28 July 1914 aged 81 years. When Stewart …
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… Leslie George Kelly was born in Auckland on 10 May 1906, the elder … Grammar School. In his teens he was a keen member of the Grey Lynn boy scouts, collecting many badges and awards. He … Kelly, Leslie George …
Type: Biography
… Frederick George Young was born in the East End of London, England, on … secure the New Zealand Labour Party's nomination for the Grey Lynn seat. Young organised taxis, paid for by Davis, to … Young, Frederick George …
Type: Biography
… public hospitals in New Zealand were set up by Governor George Grey to cater for Māori and poor Europeans. Medical …
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… also named Hera. In 1848 Ngāpora wrote to Governor George Grey to express his concern about the decreasing power of … representative to the governor. In 1861, when Sir George Grey returned to New Zealand as governor, Ngāpora …
Type: Biography
… Regiment of Foot, deputy adjutant general, and equerry to George III. After attending a school in Dunmow, Essex, … of New Ulster, to which he was appointed by Governor George Grey . Grey gave him only limited powers, but in this …
Type: Biography
… proprietors such as Creighton and Scales in Auckland. George Chapman , an Auckland bookseller, produced the first … to colonials. During his first term as governor (1845–53) George Grey undertook to record their traditions in book form. He …
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Part of story: Publishing
… a protector of aborigines. The first protector was George Clarke, an Anglican missionary. Clarke set up the … Europeans as well. This plan was rejected. Māori rights George Clarke lost his position as protector of aborigines in 1846, after George Grey became governor of New Zealand. In a final message to …
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Part of story: Ngā take Māori – government policy and Māori
… The best-known 19th- and early 20th-century collectors were George Grey, Thomas Morland Hocken and Alexander Turnbull. Each … European manuscripts were a small but important part of George Grey’s collection. He acquired 27 of these, dating …
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Part of story: Collecting
… of a local legislature. In 1879 the paper supported Sir George Grey as the champion of northern development. It supported … weekly 'Local gossip' column. It was Berry who instigated George Reed 's April Fools' Day joke, printed in the Herald …
Type: Biography
… Catholic priests and assisted their proselytising. Governor George Grey ordered an investigation and on 10 December 1850 a … and was appointed superintendent of Grey Hospital, built by George Grey, then governor of Cape Colony. Thirty-two years …
Type: Biography
… an idealistic secretary of state for the colonies, Henry George Grey (Earl Grey), heard the calls. In 1846 he instructed New Zealand’s governor, George Grey (not a relative), to gradually implement a …
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Part of story: Self-government and independence
… built in 1846. In 1846, under the direction of Governor George Grey , an ordinance was passed by the Legislative Council … to her property to peg out the Crown grant of 1½ acres that Grey had personally decided she could retain. Incensed by …
Type: Biography
… He was successful, though, in the 1879 election as Sir George Grey 's running partner and with the backing of the … suffrage only with residential qualifications. He opposed Grey's suggested land tax, disapproved of Grey's native …
Type: Biography
… England, on 1 January 1813, the eldest of nine children of George Lambert Clifford and his wife, Mary Coyney. The … with a railway company. He sailed with Vavasour on the George Fyfe in June 1842 to join the New Zealand Company … They were to have a daughter and four sons. During George Grey 's first governorship, Clifford opposed Grey's plan for …
Type: Biography
… taking £800 for land purchases to District Commissioner George Hay. After trips to Coromandel and Ngāruawahia, he … From 1861, in response to the King movement, George Grey sought to encourage a system of partial …
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… April 1852 he travelled to Canterbury, and purchased the Mt Grey run, comprising 20,000 acres under pastoral licence and … at Lyttelton on the Persia on 21 September 1852. The Mt Grey run was located between the Kowai and Ashley rivers, … lived with her at Mt Grey. Edward O'Connell's manager, George Douglas, continued to work there until 1857, when …
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… trade, retaining Henry as manager for a while. The firm of George Gray Russell and Company, established in Dunedin … set up a Timaru branch. Before Henry had sold his business, George Gray Russell and Company had been advertising for … Wilson and Company, in 1864. Ritchie had made good with George Gray Russell and Company, Dunedin, and in 1873 had …
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… road engineer until 1855 when he went into partnership with George Holmes as a general contractor. He was also active in … the Christchurch Club. In 1868 he became director of the Grey River Coal Company and later was the first chairman of … railway. He lost his City of Christchurch seat to Sir George Grey on election night 1879, but subsequently won it …
Type: Biography