Samuel Charles Brees ( 1810 – 5 May 1865) was a New Zealand artist, surveyor and engineer. He was born c.1810. He was employed by the
New Zealand Company and succeeded in his role
William Mein Smith
William Mein Smith (also known as Kapene Mete; 1798 – 3 January 1869) was a key figure in the settlement of Wellington, New Zealand. As the Surveyor General for Edward Gibbon Wakefield, Edward Wakefield's New Zealand Company at Port Nichols ...
. Brees died at sea on the ''
La Hogue
Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.
Toponymy
Saint-Vaast is the Norman name of Saint Vedast and Hougue is a Norman language word meaning a "mound" or "loaf" and comes from the Old Nors ...
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Blackwall, London.
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1810 births
1865 deaths
New Zealand engineers
New Zealand surveyors
19th-century New Zealand engineers
19th-century New Zealand artists
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