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Haurongo: Sewell, Henry

Haurongo tūhonohono

Domett, Alfred

1811–1887

Journalist, politician, public servant, premier, writer

Godley, John Robert

1814–1861

Lawyer, writer, administrator, coloniser, public servant

Grey, George

1812–1898

Soldier, explorer, colonial governor, premier, scholar

Stafford, Edward William

1819–1901

Politician, premier, runholder, pedigree stock-breeder, provincial superintendent, businessman, sportsman

Vogel, Julius

1835–1899

Journalist, politician, premier, writer

Wakefield, Edward Gibbon

1796–1862

Political theorist, colonial promoter, politician

Weld, Frederick Aloysius

1823–1891

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

Wynyard, Robert Henry

1802–1864

Soldier, artist, administrator, provincial superintendent

Biographies that mention Sewell, Henry

Bell, Francis Dillon

1822–1898

Public administrator, runholder, politician

Browne, Thomas Robert Gore

1807–1887

Soldier, colonial governor

Carleton, Hugh Francis

1810–1890

Trader, newspaper editor, politician, educationalist, writer

Davis, Rowland Robert Teape

1806 to 1807 (year uncertain)–1879

Labour reformer, hotel-keeper, politician

Featherston, Isaac Earl

1813–1876

Doctor, politician, provincial superintendent

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

Hall, John

1824–1907

Runholder, politician, premier

Moorhouse, William Sefton

1825 (year uncertain)–1881

Lawyer, politician, provincial superintendent

Tancred, Henry John

1816–1884

Politician, education reformer and intellectual

Ward, Crosbie

1832–1867

Farmer, journalist, businessman, politician

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W. David McIntyre. 'Sewell, Henry', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990, whakahou August 2020. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/128445/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).