Charles Douglas Whitcombe (1835 - January 4, 1904) was Taranaki Commissioner of

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, Secretary of the Provincial Council of Taranaki, and chairman of the

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. He also served as Secretary to Sir George Grey in Auckland during the 1880s, and as foreign adviser to the

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References

* ''Death Notice of Mr C. D. Whitcombe''; Hawera & Normanby Star; January 5, 1904 1835 births 1904 deaths {{NewZealand-bio-stub