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… (Parcell). A eulogistic poem published after his death by Thomas Bracken admitted he was not without faults (“I hate … the respect and gratitude of its people. by David Oswald William Hall, M.A., Director, Adult Education, University of …
… arriving at Coromandel on 13 April 1840. Here he was met by William Webster, an American trader, and by William Brown whom he had first met on the Palmyra . Hearing … magnificent Cornwall Park. Originally purchased in 1845 by Thomas Henry, it was bought by Brown and Campbell in 1853. …
… property, later called Avonbank, from its first owner, William Tod, and a small part of it remained in the … was the purchase of Lake Wanaka Station which he and William Thompson, Provincial Auditor, bought in 1859; they … hedgehogs. He imported five English Leicester rams, bred by Thomas Wilkin of Tinwald Downs, Dumfriesshire (his brother); …
… were fickle and times were generally hard. In 1873, William Henry Hoskins took over the Theatre Royal (the … and Mrs Scott Siddons, the veteran Shakespearean actor, William Creswick, Signor and Signora Majeroni, Lytton … for many years. From 1880–1903, under their director Thomas John Pollard, this company toured New Zealand in more …
… Jane in December 1850. In his first year in Canterbury, Thomas Hanmer, Stuart Wortley, Charles Maunsell, and Bowen – … his interest in the Lyttelton Times to a syndicate of which William Reeves was the principal, and resigned his various … £400, and the presentation was made by the Superintendent, William Rolleston in the Oddfellows Hall in February 1875. …
… and less single-minded men, notably Alfred Domett and William Fox, in the early 1860s. It was then that he … governorship. In 1861 he entered a legal partnership with Thomas Russell, the founder of the Bank of New Zealand, also … He died on 4 December 1891 in straitened circumstances. by William Hosking Oliver, M.A.(N.Z.), D.PHIL.(OXON.), …
… Italy, and England, often accompanied by his brother, Dr William Goldie, who also painted. Goldie returned to … form an artistic and historic record of great value. by Thomas Esplin, D.A.(EDIN.), Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Home …
… and powers of British Consul”. The choice fell on Captain William Hobson who had visited the Bay of Islands in 1837 in … in districts hitherto uncanvassed. When, moreover, Major Thomas Bunbury arrived at the Bay of Islands from New South …
… its military traditions. His father was Lieutenant-General William Wynyard, Deputy Adjutant-General and Equerry to … Before this could be instituted, the new Governor, Sir Thomas Gore Brown, arrived. Wynyard had one other major …
… Biography on this site. Butler was the son of the Rev. Thomas Butler, Rector of Langar, and grandson of Dr Samuel … literary works. In May 1864 he sold Mesopotamia Station to William Parkerson and in June left with Pauli in an American …