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Haurongo: Stafford, Edward William

Haurongo tūhonohono

Domett, Alfred

1811–1887

Journalist, politician, public servant, premier, writer

Featherston, Isaac Earl

1813–1876

Doctor, politician, provincial superintendent

FitzRoy, Robert

1805–1865

Naval officer, hydrographer, colonial governor, meteorologist

Gillies, Thomas Bannatyne

1828–1889

Farmer, lawyer, politician, judge, naturalist

Grey, George

1812–1898

Soldier, explorer, colonial governor, premier, scholar

Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant

1820–1895

Public servant, politician, naturalist

Saunders, Alfred

1820 (year uncertain)–1905

Miller, farmer, reformer, politician, provincial superintendent, historian

Seddon, Richard John

1845–1906

Politician, premier

Stevens, Edward Cephas John

1837–1915

Land agent, businessman, sportsman, politician

Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki

Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki

?–1893

Rongowhakaata leader, military leader, prophet, religious founder

Sketches from the 1886 trial of Erueti Te Whiti-o-Rongomai III (top right) and Riwha Tītokowaru (top left)

Tītokowaru, Riwha

?–1888

Ngāti Ruanui leader, military leader, prophet, peacemaker

Vogel, Julius

1835–1899

Journalist, politician, premier, writer

Weld, Frederick Aloysius

1823–1891

Pastoralist, politician, premier, explorer, artist, colonial governor

Whitaker, Frederick

1812–1891

Lawyer, entrepreneur, politician, premier

Whitmore, George Stoddart

1829–1903

Soldier, military leader, runholder, politician

Biographies that mention Stafford, Edward William

Atkinson, Harry Albert

1831–1892

Farmer, soldier, politician, social reformer, premier

Bell, Francis Dillon

1822–1898

Public administrator, runholder, politician

Bowen, George Ferguson

1821–1899

Colonial governor

Browne, Harriet Louisa

1829–1906

Political hostess, community leader, letter-writer

Browne, Thomas Robert Gore

1807–1887

Soldier, colonial governor

Campbell, John Logan

1817–1912

Merchant, provincial superintendent, writer, philanthropist

Carleton, Hugh Francis

1810–1890

Trader, newspaper editor, politician, educationalist, writer

Clayton, William Henry

1823–1877

Architect

Crawford, James Coutts

1817–1889

Naval officer, farmer, scientist, explorer, public servant

Firth, Josiah Clifton

1826–1897

Flourmiller, politician, pastoralist, entrepreneur, writer

FitzGerald, James Edward

1818–1896

Journalist, provincial superintendent, politician, public servant

Fitzherbert, William

1810–1891

Merchant, politician, provincial superintendent

Fox, William

1812 (year uncertain)–1893

Explorer, politician, premier, painter, social reformer

Gillies, Thomas Bannatyne

1828–1889

Farmer, lawyer, politician, judge, naturalist

Gisborne, William

1825–1898

Public servant, politician, writer

Hall, John

1824–1907

Runholder, politician, premier

Theodore Minet Haultain, 1860

Haultain, Theodore Minet

1817–1902

Soldier, politician

Horton, Alfred George

1842 to 1843 (year uncertain)–1903

Printer, newspaper proprietor and editor, businessman

Luckie, David Mitchell

1827–1909

Journalist, newspaper editor, politician, public servant

Macandrew, James

1819 (uncertain)–1887

Merchant, ship owner, politician, provincial superintendent

McLean, Donald

1820–1877

Administrator, runholder, politician, provincial superintendent

Monro, David

1813–1877

Doctor, politician

Prendergast, James

1826–1921

Lawyer, judge

Richardson, Edward

1830 to 1831 (year uncertain)–1915

Civil engineer, businessman, politician, runholder

Richardson, John Larkins Cheese

1810–1878

Soldier, provincial superintendent, politician

Richmond, Christopher William

1821–1895

Lawyer, politician, judge

Richmond, James Crowe

1822–1898

Engineer, artist, politician, journalist, administrator

Robinson, John Perry

1810 to 1811 (year uncertain)–1865

Turner, storekeeper, provincial superintendent

Robinson, William

1814–1889

Runholder, pastoralist, sportsman, politician

Rolleston, William

1831–1903

Public administrator, politician, provincial superintendent, educationalist

Russell, Henry Robert

1817–1891

Runholder, politician

Sewell, Henry

1807–1879

Lawyer, administrator, politician, premier

Tancred, Henry John

1816–1884

Politician, education reformer and intellectual

Wakefield, Edward

1845–1924

Public servant, journalist, politician

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Edmund Bohan. 'Stafford, Edward William', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990, whakahou May 2022. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/128556/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).