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Haurongo: Brown, William

Haurongo tūhonohono

FitzRoy, Robert

1805–1865

Naval officer, hydrographer, colonial governor, meteorologist

Grey, George

1812–1898

Soldier, explorer, colonial governor, premier, scholar

Montefiore, John Israel

1807–1898

Trader, merchant

Whitaker, Frederick

1812–1891

Lawyer, entrepreneur, politician, premier

Wynyard, Robert Henry

1802–1864

Soldier, artist, administrator, provincial superintendent

Biographies that mention Brown, William

Campbell, John Logan

1817–1912

Merchant, provincial superintendent, writer, philanthropist

Carleton, Hugh Francis

1810–1890

Trader, newspaper editor, politician, educationalist, writer

Clifford, Charles

1813–1893

Pastoralist, politician, businessman

Martin, Samuel McDonald

1805 to 1810 (year uncertain)–1848

Land claimant, magistrate, journalist, writer

Swainson, William

1809–1884

Lawyer, attorney general, politician, church chancellor

Tāraia Ngākuti Te Tumuhuia

Tāraia Ngākuti Te Tumuhuia

?–1872

Ngāti Tamaterā leader

Williamson, John

1815–1875

Printer, newspaper proprietor, politician

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

R. C. J. Stone. 'Brown, William', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/126233/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).