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unusual facts about Governor of New Zealand



Edward Hay Mackenzie Elliot

Major Edward Hay Mackenzie Elliot (30 November 1852 – 5 December 1920) was a British soldier who served as Private Secretary to David Boyle, 7th Earl of Glasgow while he was Governor of New Zealand in the 1890s.

Fitzroy, Waikato

It is named after Robert FitzRoy, who commanded the HMS Beagle and was later the Governor of New Zealand.

John Dickson-Poynder, 1st Baron Islington

In 1910 Dickson was appointed Governor of New Zealand, a post he held for two years, and on 27 April that same year, was created Baron Islington, of Islington in the County of London.

Pa Upoko Takau Ariki

The following address of welcome was given by Pa Upoko Takau Ariki (Queen Pa) to Lord Glasgow, the Governor of New Zealand, and his family who visited the Cook Islands in 1894.

Scottish New Zealander

In 1856, a petition was put forward to Thomas Gore Browne, the Governor of New Zealand, for a port at Bluff.

William Plunket, 5th Baron Plunket

He was appointed CVO and KCVO in 1900 and 1903 respectively, and in 1904 he became Governor of New Zealand as well as a KCMG the following year.


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Old Government House, Auckland

Apparently the Auckland house supplied to the first Governor of New Zealand was similar to the one sent to Saint Helena to house Napoleon (although he refused to move into it).

Taurekareka Henare

His father, Henare Wynyard, was said to be the son of Robert Wynyard, acting governor of New Zealand.

Willoughby Shortland

In 1839 he accompanied Captain William Hobson, the first governor of New Zealand, to that colony, which had not then been annexed by England.