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Born March 20, 1796 • London • England
Died May 16, 1862 (aged 66) • Wellington • New Zealand

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British colonial officer
Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey
British statesman
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British statesman
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Sir Frederick Whitaker
prime minister of New Zealand
Duke of Connaught, engraving, 1876
Arthur William Patrick Albert, duke of Connaught and Strathearn
British military officer
Wilfrid Laurier
Wilfrid Laurier
prime minister of Canada
Samuel de Champlain
Samuel de Champlain
French explorer
Frederick Arthur, Lord Stanley of Preston
Canadian governor-general
Frederick Middleton
Canadian general
Sir Francis Drake
Sir Francis Drake
English admiral
Durham, detail of an oil painting by T. Phillips (1819 replica); in the National Portrait Gallery, London
John George Lambton, 1st earl of Durham
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Sir Frederick Aloysius Weld
prime minister of New Zealand
Sir Alexander Galt, 1890
Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt
Canadian statesman
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th earl of Minto
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Charles T. Metcalfe
Charles T. Metcalfe
British colonial official
Sir Walter Nash, 1966
Sir Walter Nash
prime minister of New Zealand
Alfred Domett
prime minister of New Zealand
Elgin, James Bruce, 8th earl of,
James Bruce, 8th earl of Elgin
British statesman
Seddon
Richard John Seddon
prime minister of New Zealand
Bernard Cyril Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg
governor general of New Zealand