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William Sim
Sir William Alexander Sim (13 September 1858 – 29 August 1928) was a New Zealand lawyer and judge. He was born in Wanganui, New Zealand, and died in Wellington. Wilfrid Sim was his son. In the 1924 King's Birthday Honours, Sim was appointed a Knight Bachelor. Sim Commission Sim was appointed as chairman of a royal commission set up in 1926 to inquire into confiscations of native lands in the nineteenth century as well as other grievances alleged by Māori. The commission has come to be known as the Sim Commission. The other two commissioners were Vernon Herbert Reed and William Cooper. The commission was to report on four areas:(1) "Whether, having regard to all the circumstances and necessities of the period during which proclamations and Orders-in-Council under the said Acts were made and confiscations effected, such confiscations or any of them exceeded in quantity what was fair and just, whether, as a penalty for rebellion and other acts of that nature, or as pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Sim, 1924
William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Liam, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-Germanic name is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |