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Sir Frederick Aloysius Weld GCMG (9 May 1823 – 20 July 1891), was an English-born New Zealand politician and colonial administrator of various British colonies and territories located in Oceania and Southeast Asia.
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Jul 20, 1998 · prime minister (1864-1865), New Zealand. Sir Frederick Aloysius Weld (born May 9, 1823, Chideock, Dorset, Eng.—died July 20, 1891, Bridport, Dorset) was a politician, statesman, and prime minister of New Zealand (1864–65), whose “ self-reliant” policy was that the colony have full responsibility for the conduct of all Maori affairs ...
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Sir Frederick Aloysius Weld, was an English-born New Zealand politician and colonial administrator of various British colonies and territories located in Oceania and Southeast Asia. He was the sixth Prime Minister of New Zealand, and later served as Governor of Western Australia, Governor of Tasmania, and Governor of the Straits Settlements.
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Nov 8, 2017 · Biography. Frederick Weld was only briefly premier, but he later became a serial colonial governor. That he, a Roman Catholic, could lead a colony showed how different New Zealand was to Britain, which had only recently allowed Catholics to sit in Parliament, and which still has never had one as PM.
Sir Frederick Aloysius Weld (1823-1891), governor, was born on 9 May 1823 at Chideock, Dorset, England, third son of Humphrey Weld of Chideock Manor, and his wife Christina Maria, daughter of Lord Clifford of Chudleigh.
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Page 1: Biography. Weld, Frederick Aloysius. 1823–1891. Pastoralist, politician, premier, explorer, artist, colonial governor. This biography, written by Jeanine Graham, was first published in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography in 1990.
The Life of Sir Frederick Weld, G.C.M.G. Written in 1914 by Alice, Lady Lovat (1846–1938), a cousin, this biography of Sir Frederick Aloysius Weld (1823–91) is characterised by its subtitle, ‘a pioneer of empire’. The young Weld emigrated to New Zealand with a cousin to establish sheep stations.
