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William Hobson (26 September 1792 – 10 September 1842) was the first Governor of New Zealand and co-author of the Treaty of Waitangi.
George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland
. He gave a commission to William Hobson to sail for the East Indies, which Hobson rewarded in the... Auckland References AUCKLAND, GEORGE EDEN, EARL OF, 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica; [1] William Hobson... 1835 Followed by: The Earl of Minto Preceded by: The Lord William Bentinck Governor-General of...
List of New Zealand place names and their meanings
Placenames in New Zealand derive largely from the British and Maori origins of the people who speak the two official languages. Auckland - in honour of George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland, a patron of William Hobson Canterbury - Hawke's Bay - in honour of Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke of Towton...
Constantine Henry Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby
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35 chiefs from the northern part of New Zealand. After the arrival of William Hobson in 1840, he co...
Governor-General of New Zealand
Title: Lieutenant-Governor Captain William Hobson, RN (under Lt.-Col. Sir George Gipps, RE, Governor... Crown Colony of Britain Title: Governor 1841 - 1842 Captain William Hobson, RN 1843 - 1845 Captain... The Hon. Sir Arthur Hamilton Gordon, GCMG 1883 - 1889 Lt. General Sir William Francis Drummond...
Donizetti's opera La Fille du Regiment premieres in Paris. March 1 - William Hobson, first Governor of New... surrenders to the British forces and goes into exile in Malta. November - William Henry Harrison defeats... - Niccolo Paganini, violinist and composer June 7 - King Frederick William III of Prussia Emperor Kokaku...
, Sr., American business tycoon September 26 - William Hobson, first governor of New Zealand (d. 1842... after the British naval officer Alexander Arthur Hood by Lt. William E. Broughton who spotted the... Paris and Lille. William Murdoch invents gas lighting. George Anschutz constructs first blast furnace in...
European colonization would degrade them. Governor William Hobson countered by telling the Māori...
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New Zealand, William Hobson, died in late 1842 and the Church Missionary Society, which had a strong...