Sir William James Tyrone Power (1819–1911) was an artist, soldier and author who served as Commissary General in Chief of the British Army and briefly Agent-General for New Zealand. His images of New Zealand during the 1840s provide an important source for information about the years immediately prior to and during the first years of the

New Zealand Wars The New Zealand Wars took place from 1845 to 1872 between the New Zealand colonial government and allied Māori on one side and Māori and Māori-allied settlers on the other. They were previously commonly referred to as the Land Wars or the M ...

, during which time he lived in

Wanganui Whanganui (; ), also spelled Wanganui, is a city in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand. The city is located on the west coast of the North Island at the mouth of the Whanganui River, New Zealand's longest navigable waterway. Whangan ...

. His grandson, Sir

Tyrone Guthrie Sir William Tyrone Guthrie (2 July 1900 – 15 May 1971) was an English theatrical director instrumental in the founding of the Stratford Festival of Canada, the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the Tyrone Guthrie Centre at his ...

, was a notable theatre director. Power was related to the Irish-American acting family, several members of whom shared his name. His father,

Tyrone Power Tyrone Edmund Power III (May 5, 1914 – November 15, 1958) was an American actor. From the 1930s to the 1950s, Power appeared in dozens of films, often in swashbuckler roles or romantic leads. His better-known films include '' Jesse James'', ...

, was a noted Irish actor whose descendants include Hollywood actors

Tyrone Power Sr. Frederick Tyrone Edmond Power Sr. (2 May 1869 – 23 December 1931) was an English-born American stage and screen actor, known professionally as Tyrone Power. He is now usually referred to as Tyrone Power Sr. to differentiate him from his son ...

(1869–1931),

(1914–1958), and

Tyrone Power Jr. Tyrone William Power IV (born January 22, 1959), usually billed as Tyrone Power Jr., is an American actor, the only son of Hollywood star Tyrone Power and his third wife Deborah Minardos Power. He was born after the death of his father. He is th ...

(born 1959).

Publications

*''Sketches in New Zealand, with pen and pencil : from a journal kept in that country from July 1846, to June 1848'' *''Recollections of a three years' residence in China : including peregrinations in Spain, Morocco, Egypt, India, Australia, and New Zealand''

References

1819 births 1911 deaths Australian artists Australian writers People from Whanganui Power family {{NewZealand-mil-bio-stub