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The King George V Silver Jubilee Medal is a commemorative medal, instituted to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the accession of
King George V George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936. Born during the reign of his grandmother Que ...
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Issue

This medal was awarded as a personal souvenir by King George V to commemorate his Silver Jubilee. It was awarded to the Royal Family and selected officers of state, officials and servants of the Royal Household, ministers, government officials, mayors, public servants, local government officials, members of the navy, army, air force and police in Britain, her colonies and Dominions. For Coronation and Jubilee medals, the practice up until 1977 was that
United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
authorities decided on a total number to be produced, then allocated a proportion to each of the
Commonwealth A commonwealth is a traditional English term for a political community founded for the common good. Historically, it has been synonymous with "republic". The noun "commonwealth", meaning "public welfare, general good or advantage", dates from the ...
countries and Crown dependencies and possessions. The award of the medals was then at the discretion of the local government authority, who were free to decide who would be awarded a medal and why. A total of 85,234 medals were awarded, including *6,500 to Australians *7,500 to Canadians *1,500 to New Zealanders The medal was worn with other coronation and jubilee medals, immediately after campaign and polar medals, and before long service awards. Ladies could wear the medal near their left shoulder with the ribbon tied in the form of a bow.


Description

* Designed by Sir William Goscombe John. * A circular, silver medal, 1.25 inches in diameter. The obverse features the conjoined effigies of King George V and Queen Mary, crowned and robed, facing left. The legend around the top edge reads "GEORGE • V • AND • QUEEN • MARY • MAY • VI • MCMXXXV". * The reverse displays the Royal Cypher "GRI", surmounted by an
Imperial Crown An Imperial Crown is a crown used for the coronation of emperors. Design Crowns in Europe during the Middle Ages varied in design: During the Middle Ages the crowns worn by English kings had been described as both closed (or arched) and op ...
. At the left is the date "MAY 6 / 1910" in two lines, and at right the date: "MAY 6 / 1935". The border is ornate. * The purple ribbon is 1.25 inches wide, with three narrow stripes of dark blue, white, and dark blue at each edge. The three narrow stripes are 0.25 inches wide in total. * It was awarded unnamed.


Notable recipients


Australia

The following list includes some notable Australians who received the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal. It is not an exhaustive list of recipients. * Wilmot Hudson Fysh *
Eric Harrison Sir Eric John Harrison, (7 September 1892 – 26 September 1974) was an Australian politician and diplomat. He was the inaugural deputy leader of the Liberal Party (1945–1956), and a government minister under four prime ministers. He was lat ...
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Walter Hartwell James Sir Walter Hartwell James , (29 March 1863 – 3 January 1943) was the fifth Premier of Western Australia and an ardent supporter of the federation movement. Background and early career James was born in Perth, in what was then the British colo ...
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William Dartnell Johnson William Dartnell Johnson (9 October 1870 – 26 January 1948) was an Australian politician who was prominent in state politics in Western Australia for most of the first half of the 20th century. A member of the Labor Party, he served in the L ...
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Norbert Keenan Sir Norbert Michael Keenan QC (30 January 1864 – 24 April 1954) was an Australian lawyer and politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1905 to 1911 and again from 1930 to 1950. He was the leader of the ...
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Fanny Reading Fanny Reading (born Fanny Rubinovich; 2 December 1884 – 19 November 1974) was a Jewish Australian community leader and medical practitioner. Reading is widely credited with encouraging Jewish Australian women to become more widely involved in ...
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Elizabeth Laurie Rees Elizabeth Laurie Rees ( Johnston; 1865–1939) was an English-born Australian temperance and women's rights activist. She was a key leader in the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Victoria, serving twenty years as the general secretary. Sh ...


New Zealand

The following list includes notable New Zealanders who received the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal, and is not an exhaustive list of recipients.


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John Allum Sir John Andrew Charles Allum (27 January 1889 – 16 September 1972) was a New Zealand businessman and engineer, and was Mayor of Auckland City from 1941 to 1953. Biography Early life and career Allum was born in London and educated at Goldsm ...
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George James Anderson George James Anderson (1860 – 15 December 1935) was a Reform Party Member of Parliament, and a minister in the Reform Government from 1912 to 1928. Biography He won the Mataura electorate in Southland in the 1908 general election, ...
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Alfred Ansell Alfred Edward Ansell (1876 – 16 February 1941) was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand. Ansell was born in 1876 in Dunedin. He was elected to the Chalmers electorate in the 1928 general election, but was defeated in 1935 ...
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Gilbert Archey Sir Gilbert Edward Archey (4 August 1890 – 20 October 1974) was a New Zealand zoologist, ethnologist, World War I officer, and museum director. He wrote one of the major works on the moa, based on his own field work and collection. He also pub ...
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Harry Atmore Harry Atmore (14 December 1870 – 20 August 1946) was a New Zealand Independent Member of Parliament for Nelson in the South Island. Harry Atmore held the Nelson seat as an Independent for a total of thirty years from 1911 to 1914 and th ...
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Alfred Averill Alfred Walter Averill (7 October 18656 July 1957) was the second Anglican Archbishop of New Zealand, from 1925 to 1940. He was also the fifth Anglican Bishop of Auckland whose episcopate spanned a 25-year period during the first half of the 20 ...
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Hugh Ayson Hugh may refer to: *Hugh (given name) Noblemen and clergy French * Hugh the Great (died 956), Duke of the Franks * Hugh Magnus of France (1007–1025), co-King of France under his father, Robert II * Hugh, Duke of Alsace (died 895), modern-day ...


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Esther Mary Baber Esther Mary Baber (21 March 1871 – 19 November 1956) was a New Zealand headmistress. She was born in Christchurch, New Zealand on 21 March 1871. She ran the Fitzherbert Terrace School for many years, which later became the Samuel Marsden Coll ...
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George Baildon George Baildon (1868–1946) was a New Zealand businessman and Mayor of Auckland City from 1925 to 1931. Biography Born and educated in Auckland, George Baildon was a builder and contractor. He was on the Archhill Road Board for four years (one ...
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William Henry Peter Barber William Henry Peter Barber (10 September 1857 – 15 January 1943) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for Newtown in Wellington. Early life and family Born in Wellington in 1857, Barber was educated at St Peter's School. He began work in ...
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Bill Barnard William Edward Barnard (29 January 1886 – 12 March 1958) was a New Zealand lawyer, politician and parliamentary speaker. He was a member of Parliament from 1928 until 1943, and was its Speaker from 1936 till 1943. He was known for his associ ...
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Alice Basten Alice Henrietta Gertrude Basten (24 January 1876 – 6 March 1955) was one of the first prominent female accountants in New Zealand, businesswoman and local politician. Early life Basten was born in Auckland, New Zealand, on 24 January 1876 ...
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Blanche Baughan Blanche Edith Baughan (16 January 1870 – 20 August 1958) was a New Zealand poet, writer, botanist and penal reformer. Biography Early life and education Baughan was born in Putney, Surrey, England, on 16 January 1870, one of six c ...
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Harold Beauchamp Sir Harold Beauchamp (15 November 1858 – 5 October 1938) was a New Zealand businessman and later two times chairman of the Bank of New Zealand. He is remembered as the father of author Katherine Mansfield. Australian by birth he was brought ...
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John Beanland John Walton Beanland (3 November 1866 – 7 December 1943) was a building contractor and Mayor of Christchurch from 1936 to 1938. Early life Beanland was born in Durham Lead near Ballarat, Victoria in 1866. His parents were John Griffith Beanla ...
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Campbell Begg Robert Campbell Begg (11 April 1886 – 26 July 1971) was a New Zealand medical doctor and politician. He was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, on 11 April 1886. He first studied theology and then studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, ...
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Francis Bell Francis Bell may refer to: * Arthur Bell (martyr) (1590–1643), also known as Francis Bell, Franciscan and English martyr *Dillon Bell (Francis Dillon Bell; 1822–1898), New Zealand politician, father of the New Zealand Prime Minister * Francis B ...
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Charles Bellringer Charles Emanuel Bellringer (1864–1944) was a Reform Party Member of Parliament. He won the Taranaki electorate in New Zealand from the Liberals in the 1925 general election, but was defeated in 1928. The seat was abolished in 1928, and ...
* Horace Belshaw * Frederick Bennett *
Carl Berendsen Sir Carl August Berendsen (16 August 1890 – 12 September 1973) was a New Zealand civil servant and diplomat. After being in the Education and Labour Departments he joined the Prime Minister's Department in 1926, becoming its head in 1935. He ...
* George Bertrand * Marmaduke Bethell * Arthur Bignell * John Bitchener * William Blomfield *
Tom Bloodworth Thomas Bloodworth (10 February 1882 – 11 May 1974) was a New Zealand politician. He was a Member of the Legislative Council and its last Chairman of Committees. Political career Born in Maxey, Northamptonshire in 1882, Bloodworth was a me ...
* William Bodkin * Grafton Bothamley *
Fred Bowerbank Major General Sir Fred Thompson Bowerbank (30 April 1880 – 25 August 1960) was Director-General of Medical Services for the New Zealand Army and Air Force between 1939 and 1947.Obituary in the '' British Medical Journal'', September 24, 19 ...
* John H. Boyes * Tom Brindle * Walter Broadfoot *
Matthew Brodie Matthew Joseph Brodie (1871 – 11 October 1943) was the second Catholic bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand. He was appointed by Pope Benedict XV on 27 November 1915 and died in office on 11 October 1943. He was the first New Zealander by birth ...
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David Buddo David Buddo (23 August 1853 – 8 December 1937) was a New Zealand politician and member of the Liberal Party. Early life Buddo was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1853. His father was a surgeon with the Indian civil service. He grew up in a ru ...
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Lindsay Buick Thomas Lindsay Buick (13 May 1865 – 22 February 1938) was a Liberal Member of Parliament for Wairau, New Zealand, a journalist and a historian. He published under the name T. Lindsay Buick. Early life Born in Oamaru on 13 May 1865, Buick wa ...
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Peter Buck Peter Lawrence Buck (born December 6, 1956) is an American musician and songwriter. He was a co-founder and the lead guitarist of the alternative rock band R.E.M. He also plays the banjo and mandolin on several R.E.M. songs. Throughout his car ...
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Keith Caldwell Air Commodore Keith Logan "Grid" Caldwell CBE, MC, DFC & Bar (16 October 1895 – 28 November 1980) was a New Zealand fighter ace of the Royal Flying Corps in World War I who also rose to the rank of Air Commodore in the Royal New Zealand ...
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John Callan John Bartholomew Callan (15 August 1882 – 12 February 1951) was a New Zealand judge. He was a Justice of the High Court of New Zealand, Supreme Court (now known as the High Court of New Zealand) (1935–51). Early life Callan was the son of ...
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Hugh Campbell Hugh Campbell (born May 21, 1941) is a former American football and Canadian football player, coach, and executive. He served as a head coach in three different professional gridiron football leagues: the Canadian Football League (CFL), the Unit ...
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Blanche Carnachan Blanche Eleanor Carnachan (23 November 1871 – 22 March 1954) was a New Zealand teacher, educationalist and community worker. She was born in Cambridge, New Zealand, on 23 November 1871. In 1935, she was awarded the King George V Silver Jub ...
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Walter Carncross Sir Walter Charles Frederick Carncross (23 April 1855 – 30 June 1940) was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party. Biography Early life Carncross was born in Bendigo, Victoria, in 1855 (or 1853). He came to Dunedin with his parents whe ...
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Clyde Carr Clyde Leonard Carr (14 January 1886 – 18 September 1962) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party, and was a minister of the Congregational Church. Biography Early life and career Carr was born in Ponsonby, Auckland in 1886. His f ...
* Charles Chapman * Frederick Chapman *
Cecil Cherrington Cecil Arthur Cherrington (1877–1950) was an eminent Anglican Bishop in the 20th century. He was born into an ecclesiastical family and was educated at London University. Ordained in 1897, his first post was a curacy at St Chad's, Liverpool. He ...
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Frederick de Jersey Clere Frederick de Jersey Clere (7 January 1856 – 13 August 1952) was an architect in Wellington, New Zealand. Biography He was born in Walsden, near Todmorden, Lancashire and trained as an architect before emigrating to New Zealand with his family ...
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Cecil Clinkard Cecil Henry Clinkard (1862 – 24 March 1941) was a United Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand, and the first mayor of Rotorua. Early life Clinkard was born in 1862 in Oxfordshire, England. He came to New Zealand with his parents in 1867 ...
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George Clinkard George William Clinkard (17 September 1893 – 27 January 1970) was a New Zealand public servant and trade commissioner. Clinkard was born in Auckland, New Zealand, on 17 September 1893. His English parents were Julia Letitia Hooper and he ...
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Gordon Coates Joseph Gordon Coates (3 February 1878 – 27 May 1943) served as the 21st prime minister of New Zealand from 1925 to 1928. He was the third successive Reform prime minister since 1912. Born in rural Northland, Coates grew up on a cattle run a ...
* James Coates *
John Cobbe John George Cobbe (1859 – 29 December 1944) was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party, United Party and the National Party. Early life Cobbe was born in King's County, Ireland, in 1859. He received his education in Tullamore and D ...
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David Coleman David Robert Coleman OBE (26 April 1926 – 21 December 2013) was a British sports commentator and television presenter who worked for the BBC for 46 years. He covered eleven Summer Olympic Games from 1960 to 2000 and six FIFA World Cups from ...
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Jeremiah Connolly Jeremiah Connolly (1875 – 2 October 1935) was an Independent Liberal Member of Parliament for Mid-Canterbury, in the South Island of New Zealand. Early life Connolly was born in Geraldine in 1875 and educated at Hilton School. He was a farmer ...
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James Craigie James Craigie (7 September 1851 – 17 August 1935) was Member of Parliament for the electorate in the South Island of New Zealand and a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council. He was also Chairman of the South Canterbury Health Board, C ...
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Berkeley Dallard Berkeley "Bert" Lionel Scudamore Dallard (27 August 1889 – 5 September 1983) was a New Zealand accountant, senior public servant and prison administrator. Biography Early life He was born in Christchurch, New Zealand on 27 August 1889, a ...
* Eliot Davis * George Davis-Goff * Frederick de la Mare *
Harold Dickie Harold Galt Dickie (1874 – 15 August 1954) was a New Zealand politician of the Reform Party and from 1936 of the National Party. Biography Dickie was born at Waverley, Taranaki in 1874. He attended the local school and farmed in th ...
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James Donald James Donald (18 May 1917 – 3 August 1993) was a Scottish actor. Tall and thin, he specialised in playing authority figures, particularly military doctors. Early life Donald was born in Aberdeen, the fourth son of a Scottish Presbyterian m ...
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John Duigan John Duigan (born 19 June 1949) is an Australian film director and screenwriter. He is mostly known for his two autobiographical films ''The Year My Voice Broke'' and ''Flirting'', and the 1994 film ''Sirens'', which stars Hugh Grant. Biogra ...


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Ned Ellison Edward Pohau Ellison (26 November 1884 – 9 November 1963), generally known as Ned Ellison and also as Pohau Erihana, was a New Zealand rugby player, doctor, and public health administrator. Biography Ellison was born in Waikanae, New Zealand ...
* Bill Endean


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Mark Fagan Mark Anthony Fagan (17 November 1873 – 31 December 1947) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party and a union secretary. He was Speaker of the Legislative Council from 1939 until his death. Biography Early life Fagan was born at G ...
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Norrie Falla Norris Stephen Falla (3 May 1883–6 November 1945) was a New Zealand shipping company manager, military leader and aviation promoter. He was born in Westport, New Zealand, on 3 May 1883. In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver J ...
* Willi Fels * Lindo Ferguson * William Hughes Field *
James Lloyd Findlay Air Commodore James Lloyd Findlay (6 October 1895 – 17 March 1983) was a New Zealand soldier and air force officer who served in both World Wars. Early life and family Findlay was born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1895, the second son of S ...
* Billy Fitchett * George Forbes *
Flora Forde Flora McMillan Forde (9 June 1883 – 13 December 1958) was a New Zealand political activist, feminist and welfare worker. Early life Forde was born on her parents' farm in Wyndham, Southland, New Zealand on 9 June 1883. Her parents were C ...
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Thomas Forsyth Thomas Forsyth may refer to: * Thomas Forsyth (footballer) (1892–?), Scottish amateur footballer * Thomas Forsyth (Indian agent) (1771–1833), American frontiersman, trader, and Indian agent * Thomas Forsyth (New Zealand politician) (1868–1941 ...
* John Robert Fow * Annie Fraer *
Janet Fraser Janet Fraser (née Munro, formerly Kemp; 31 January 1883 – 7 March 1945) was a New Zealand community leader and the wife of Peter Fraser, who was the 24th Prime Minister of New Zealand (1940–49) during the Second World War. She was bor ...
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Peter Fraser Peter Fraser (; 28 August 1884 – 12 December 1950) was a New Zealand politician who served as the 24th prime minister of New Zealand from 27 March 1940 until 13 December 1949. Considered a major figure in the history of the New Zealand La ...


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Billy Glenn William Spiers Glenn (21 February 1877 – 5 October 1953) was a New Zealand rugby union player who played for the All Blacks on their 1905 tour. He later became a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand. Early life Glenn was born ...
* C. F. Goldie * Samuel Goldstein * Henry Greenslade *
James Gunson Sir James Henry Gunson (26 October 1877 – 12 May 1963) was a New Zealand businessman and Mayor of Auckland City from 1915 to 1925. He was knighted in 1924. W Gunson & Co Born and educated in Auckland, in his mid-twenties he took over W Gunson ...


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Adam Hamilton Adam Hamilton (20 August 1880 – 29 April 1952) was a New Zealand politician. He was the first non-interim Leader of the National Party during its early years in Opposition. Early life Hamilton was born in Forest Hill, near Winton, South ...
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John Ronald Hamilton John Ronald Hamilton (1871–1940) was a New Zealand politician of the Reform Party. Hamilton was born in 1871 in Forest Hill in Southland, where he received his education. He later moved to the nearby Winton. He was the elder brother of ...
* Alfred Harding *
James Hargest Brigadier James Hargest, (4 September 1891 – 12 August 1944) was an officer of the New Zealand Military Forces, serving in both the First and Second World Wars. He was a Member of New Zealand's Parliament from 1931 to 1944, representi ...
* Arthur Paul Harper *
Richard Hawke Richard Wilson Hawke (1865 – 12 July 1941) was a United Party (New Zealand), United Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand, and a farmer and poultry-breeder. Biography He won the Kaiapoi (New Zealand electorate), Kaiapoi electorate in ...
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Oswald Hawken Oswald James Hawken (1870–1957) was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand, and was a cabinet minister 1926–1928 in the Reform Government. He was elected to the Egmont electorate in the 1919 general election, but was de ...
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James Hay James Hay may refer to: *James Hay (bishop) (died 1538), Scottish abbot and bishop * James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle (c.1580–1636), British noble * James Hay, 2nd Earl of Carlisle (1612–1660), British noble * James Hay, 15th Earl of Erroll (172 ...
* Edward Healy * Joe Heenan * James Hight * Frederick Hilgendorf * John Bird Hine * Thomas Hislop *
Frank Hockly Frank Franklin Hockly (1865 – 7 October 1936) was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand. Biography Born in Orrell near Litherland, Lancashire, England, in 1865, Hockly emigrated to New Zealand in 1884. Arthur Remington of ...
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James Thomas Hogan James Thomas Hogan (1 December 1874 – 1 January 1953) was an Independent Member of Parliament for two electorates in the North Island of New Zealand. Born in Wanganui, Hogan was a machinist in the railway workshops, and a trade union secreta ...
* Henry Holland *
Keith Holyoake Sir Keith Jacka Holyoake, (; 11 February 1904 – 8 December 1983) was the 26th prime minister of New Zealand, serving for a brief period in 1957 and then from 1960 to 1972, and also the 13th governor-general of New Zealand, serving from 1977 ...
* Ted Howard * William Hunt * Thomas Alexander Hunter * Thomas Anderson Hunter * George Hutchison


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Lindsay Merritt Inglis Major-General Lindsay Merritt Inglis, (16 May 1894 – 17 March 1966) was a New Zealand military leader, lawyer and magistrate. Born in Mosgiel, Inglis volunteered for service in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force during the First World War ...
* Tracy Inglis * Leonard Isitt (minister) * Leonard Isitt (aviator)


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Truby King Sir Frederic Truby King (1 April 1858 – 10 February 1938), generally known as Truby King, was a New Zealand health reformer and Director of Child Welfare. He is best known as the founder of the Plunket Society. Early life King was born in N ...
* Joseph Kinsey * Cybele Kirk * Bert Kyle


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Robert Laidlaw Robert Alexander Crookston Laidlaw (8 September 1885 – 12 March 1971) was a New Zealand businessman who founded the Farmers (department store), Farmers Trading Company, one of the largest department store chains in New Zealand. He was also a C ...
* Mary Lambie * Frederic Lang *
Frank Langstone Frank Langstone (10 December 1881 – 15 June 1969) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament, Cabinet Minister and High Commissioner to Canada. Biography Early life Langstone was born in Bulls probably on 10 December 1881. He was the fourth o ...
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John A. Lee John Alfred Alexander Lee (31 October 1891 – 13 June 1982) was a New Zealand politician and writer. He is one of the more prominent avowed socialism in New Zealand, socialists in New Zealand's political history. Lee was elected as a me ...
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Joseph Linklater Joseph Linklater (12 March 1876 – 25 April 1961) was a Reform Party Member of Parliament. Military service Linklater saw active service as a private in the 6th New Zealand Contingent during the Second Boer War. During World War I he was a ...
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James Liston James Michael Liston (9 June 1881 – 8 July 1976) was the 7th Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand. Early life James Michael Liston (registered at birth as Michael James Liston) was born in Dunedin on 9 June 1881, one of a family ...
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Henry Livingstone Henry Gillies Livingstone (12 September 1890 – 12 February 1959) was a New Zealand politician from Christchurch. He was appointed a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council on 22 June 1950. Biography Born on 12 September 1890, Livingsto ...
* Charles Luke * Frederick Lye *
Douglas Lysnar William Douglas Lysnar (30 April 1867 – 12 October 1942), known as Douglas Lysnar, was a New Zealand politician of the Reform Party (New Zealand), Reform Party. Early life He was born in Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand on 30 April 1867. He ...


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Clutha Mackenzie Sir Clutha Nantes Mackenzie (11 February 1895 – 30 March 1966) was a New Zealand politician and worker for the blind. He was briefly a Reform Party Member of Parliament. Biography Mackenzie was born in Balclutha in 1895. He was the young ...
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Charles MacMillan Charles Edward de la Barca MacMillan (December 1872 – 9 January 1941) was a New Zealand politician. He was Mayor of Tauranga (1915–1917) and a member of the House of Representatives (1923–1935). Early life MacMillan was born in Saint Croi ...
* John Andrew MacPherson *
Ernest Marsden Sir Ernest Marsden (19 February 1889 – 15 December 1970) was an English-New Zealand physicist. He is recognised internationally for his contributions to science while working under Ernest Rutherford, which led to the discovery of new theories ...
* John Mason *
Rex Mason Henry Greathead Rex Mason (3 June 1885 – 2 April 1975) was a New Zealand politician. He served as Attorney General, Minister of Justice, Minister of Education, and Minister of Native Affairs, and had a significant influence on the directio ...
* Jack Massey * Walter William Massey *
Robert Masters Robert Masters (15 June 1879 – 29 June 1967) was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal and later United parties, as well as a cabinet minister. Biography Early life and career Masters was born in 1879 at Greymouth and was educated at Grey ...
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Elizabeth McCombs Elizabeth Reid McCombs (née Henderson, 19 November 1873 – 7 June 1935) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party who in 1933 became the first woman elected to the New Zealand Parliament. New Zealand women gained the right to vote in ...
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Robert McKeen Robert McKeen (12 July 1884 – 5 August 1974) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. He was Speaker of the House of Representatives. Early life He was born in 1884 in Edinburgh and received his education in West Calder, West Loth ...
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Alexander McLeod Alexander McLeod was a Scottish-Canadian who served as sheriff in Niagara, Ontario. After the Upper Canada Rebellion, he boasted that he had partaken in the 1837 Caroline Affair, the sinking of an American steamboat that had been supplying Wi ...
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James McLeod James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambiguat ...
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Ellen Melville Eliza Ellen Melville (13 May 1882 – 27 July 1946) was a New Zealand lawyer and politician. She was New Zealand's second female lawyer, and the first woman elected to a city council in New Zealand. She sat on the Auckland City Council for 33 ye ...
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Reginald Miles Brigadier Reginald Miles, CBE, DSO & Bar, MC (10 December 1892 – 20 October 1943) was a professional soldier who served in the New Zealand Military Forces during the First and Second World Wars. Miles was a New Zealand entrant into the A ...
* Frank Milner *
Walter Moffatt Walter John Moffatt (5 October 1866 – 14 May 1938) was a local-body politician in New Zealand. He was Mayor of Nelson from 1927 to 1935. Early life and family The son of Harry Louis Moffatt, wharfinger at Motueka, Moffatt was a coachbuild ...
* Richard Moore *
Alan Mulgan Alan Edward Mulgan (18 May 1881 – 29 August 1962) was a New Zealand journalist, writer and broadcaster. He was born in Katikati, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, of Protestant Irish parents, on 18 May 1881, and died in Lower Hutt. In 1935, M ...
* Jim Munro


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Jimmy Nash James Alfred Nash (27 July 1871 – 24 July 1952), known as Jimmy Nash, was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand and a Mayor of Palmerston North. Biography Nash was born in 1871 in Foxton to Ann Ellen Webster and Norman ...
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Walter Nash Sir Walter Nash (12 February 1882 – 4 June 1968) was a New Zealand politician who served as the 27th prime minister of New Zealand in the Second Labour Government from 1957 to 1960. He is noted for his long period of political service, havin ...
* Edward Newman *
Āpirana Ngata Sir Āpirana Turupa Ngata (3 July 1874 – 14 July 1950) was a prominent New Zealand statesman. He has often been described as the foremost Māori politician to have served in Parliament in the mid-20th century, and is also known for his work ...
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Erima Northcroft Sir Erima Harvey Northcroft (2 December 1884 – 10 October 1953) was a New Zealand lawyer, judge, and military leader. His papers from the Tokyo War Crimes Trial are held by the University of Canterbury. Biography Northcroft was born in Hoki ...
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Charles Norwood Sir Charles John Boyd Norwood (23 August 1871 – 26 November 1966) was a prominent Wellington New Zealand-based businessman with interests throughout New Zealand and Australia. He was a civic leader, his knighthood was awarded for public servic ...
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William Nosworthy Sir William Nosworthy (18 October 1867 – 26 September 1946) was a New Zealand politician. He briefly served as Minister of Finance and then Minister of External Affairs in the Reform Government. Biography Nosworthy stood in the el ...
* Emily Nutsey


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Walter Oliver Walter Reginald Brook Oliver (7 September 1883 – 16 May 1957) was a New Zealand naturalist, ornithologist, malacologist, and museum curator. Biography Born in Launceston, Tasmania, Oliver emigrated with his family to New Zealand in 1896, set ...
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John Ormond John Ormond (3 April 1923 – 4 May 1990), also known as John Ormond Thomas, was a Welsh poet and film-maker. Biography John Ormond Thomas was born on 3 April 1923 in Wales, at Dunvant, near Swansea. He studied philosophy and English at Swanse ...
* Thomas O'Shea *
Hubert Ostler Sir Henry Hubert Ostler (2 July 1876 – 24 February 1944) was a New Zealand farmer, lawyer and judge. He was born in Ben Ohau Station, South Canterbury, New Zealand, in 1876. In 1925, on the same day that Ostler took silk, he was also app ...


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George John Park George John Park (1880–1977) was a New Zealand teacher and technical college principal. He was born in Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists ...
* Ronald Park * Bill Parry * George Pascoe *
George Pearce Sir George Foster Pearce KCVO (14 January 1870 – 24 June 1952) was an Australian politician who served as a Senator for Western Australia from 1901 to 1938. He began his career in the Labor Party but later joined the National Labor Party, t ...
* Geoffrey Peren *
Philip De La Perrelle Philip Aldborough de la Perrelle (1872 – 7 December 1935) was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party and the United Party. Biography Early life De la Perrelle was born at Arrowtown in 1872. He was a newspaper proprietor and owned the ...
* Hugh Poland *
William Polson Sir William John Polson (6 June 1875 – 8 October 1960) was a New Zealand politician, first as an Independent and then in the National Party. He joined the National Party on its formation in 1936, and "later acted effectively as Holland's d ...
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Dugald Poppelwell Dugald Louis Poppelwell (2 July 1863 – 23 September 1939) was a New Zealand lawyer, local politician and conservationist. He was born in Tokomairiro (now Milton), Otago, New Zealand in 1863. Early life Poppelwell was the tenth of twelve ...


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Alfred Ransom Sir Ethelbert Alfred Ransom (19 March 1868 – 22 May 1943) was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party, then its successor the United Party, and from 1936, the National Party. He was a cabinet minister from 1928 to 1935 in the United ...
* John Reed * Vernon Reed * Stewart Reid *
Heaton Rhodes Sir Robert Heaton Rhodes (27 February 1861 – 30 July 1956), usually known as Sir Heaton Rhodes, was a New Zealand politician and lawyer. Life Rhodes was born in Purau on Banks Peninsula, the son of sheep farmer and politician Robert Hea ...
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Arthur Shapton Richards Arthur Shapton Richards (1877 – 5 August 1947) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. Biography Early life He was born in Reading, Berkshire, England and came to New Zealand in 1894, first at Gisborne and then Poverty Bay where ...
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Randolph Ridling Randolph Gordon Ridling, (17 March 1888 – 13 January 1975) was a New Zealand soldier who served during the First World War on the Western Front (World War I), Western Front with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. He was awarded the Albert ...
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Frank Rolleston Francis Joseph Rolleston (11 May 1873 – 8 September 1946) was a New Zealand politician of the Reform Party (New Zealand), Reform Party. Early life Rolleston was born in Christchurch in 1873, the son of the last Superintendent (New Zealand), S ...
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Harold Rushworth Harold Montague Rushworth (18 August 1880 – 25 April 1950) was a New Zealand politician of the Country Party. Early life Rushworth was born in Croydon, England and was educated at Rugby School and Jesus College, Oxford, graduating with a ...
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Andrew Hamilton Russell Major General Sir Andrew Hamilton Russell (23 February 1868 – 29 November 1960) was a senior officer of the New Zealand Military Forces who served during the First World War. Born in Napier, New Zealand, Russell spent most of his youth in Engl ...
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George Warren Russell George Warren Russell (24 February 1854 – 28 June 1937) was a New Zealand politician from Christchurch. He served as Minister of Internal Affairs and Minister of Public Health in the wartime National government, and was responsible for the N ...


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Michael Joseph Savage Michael Joseph Savage (23 March 1872 – 27 March 1940) was a New Zealand politician who served as the 23rd prime minister of New Zealand, heading the First Labour Government from 1935 until his death in 1940. Savage was born in the Colon ...
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Bill Schramm Frederick William Schramm (28 March 1886 – 28 October 1962) was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. He was the eleventh Speaker of the House of Representatives, from 1944 to 1946. Biography Early life Schramm was born in Hokitika ...
* Tom Seddon *
Bob Semple Robert Semple (21 October 1873 – 31 January 1955) was a union leader and later Minister of Public Works for the first Labour Government of New Zealand. He is also known for creating the Bob Semple tank. Early life He was born in Sofala, New ...
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Emily Siedeberg Emily Hancock Siedeberg-McKinnon (17 February 1873 – 13 June 1968) was a New Zealand medical practitioner and hospital superintendent. She was also the country's first female medical graduate. Early life Siedeberg was born in 1873 in Clyde, ...
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William Sinclair-Burgess Major General Sir William Livingston Hatchwell Sinclair-Burgess, (18 February 1880 – 3 April 1964) was a senior officer in the New Zealand Military Forces. Born in England, his family moved to New Zealand in the 1890s. He became a profession ...
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George John Smith Colonel George John Smith (1862–1946) was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for the City of Christchurch electorate in the South Island, and later a member of the Legislative Council. Early life Smith was born in Consett in County Durh ...
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Robert Speight Robert Speight (2 October 1867 – 8 September 1949) was a notable New Zealand geologist, university professor and museum curator. Early life Speight was born in Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, England in 1867. When he was about 12, his family em ...
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Charles Statham Sir Charles Ernest Statham (10 May 1875 – 5 March 1946) was a New Zealand politician, and the ninth Speaker of the House of Representatives, from 1923 to 1935. Private life He was born in Dunedin in 1875, and trained in law, practising in hi ...
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Edith Statham Edith Mary Statham (13 April 1853 – 13 February 1951) was a notable New Zealand singer, nurse, secretary, war graves conservator and community worker. Early life Statham was born in Bootle, Lancashire, England, on 13 April 1853. She ...
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William Stevenson William Stevenson may refer to: Government and politics * Sir William Stevenson (colonial administrator) (1805–1863), Governor of Mauritius * William E. Stevenson (1820–1883), American politician, Governor of West Virginia * William Ernest St ...
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William Downie Stewart Jr William Downie Stewart (29 July 1878 – 29 September 1949) was a New Zealand Finance Minister, Mayor of Dunedin and writer. Early life Stewart was born in Dunedin in 1878. His father was William Downie Stewart, a lawyer and politician. His m ...
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Bill Sullivan William Sullivan may refer to: Government * William J. Sullivan (born 1939), American judge on the Connecticut Supreme Court *William H. Sullivan (1922–2013), United States diplomat * William Sullivan (Kentucky politician) (1921–2013), Kentuck ...
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Dan Sullivan Dan, Danny, or Daniel Sullivan may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Daniel J. Sullivan (born 1940), American film and theater director * Daniel G. Sullivan, American screenwriter * Dan Sullivan (musician), indie rock musician * Dan Panic, Amer ...
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George Sykes George Sykes (October 9, 1822 – February 8, 1880) was a career United States Army officer and a Union General during the American Civil War. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1842, and served in numerous conflicts, ...


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Te Puea Hērangi Te Puea Hērangi (9 November 1883 – 12 October 1952), known by the name Princess Te Puea, was a Māori leader from New Zealand's Waikato region. Her mother, Tiahuia, was the elder sister of King Mahuta. Early life She was born at Whatiwhati ...
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Te Rangi Hīroa Sir Peter Henry Buck (ca. October 1877 – 1 December 1951), also known as Te Rangi Hīroa or Te Rangihīroa, was a New Zealand doctor, military leader, health administrator, politician, anthropologist and museum director. He was a prominen ...
* Hoani Te Heuheu Tūkino VI *
Taite Te Tomo Taite Te Tomo (1871 or 1872 – 22 May 1939) was a Māori and Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand. Te Tomo was probably born in 1871 or 1872 near Ōtaki. He won the Western Maori electorate in a 1930 by-election after the de ...
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Henry Thacker Henry Thomas Joynt Thacker (20 March 1870 – 3 May 1939) was a medical doctor, New Zealand Member of Parliament and Mayor of Christchurch. Early life Thacker was born in Okains Bay on Banks Peninsula on 20 March 1870. His parents were Essy Jo ...
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Algernon Thomas Sir Algernon Phillips Withiel Thomas (3 June 1857 – 28 December 1937) was a New Zealand university professor, geologist, biologist and educationalist. He was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England in 1857 and died in Auckland, New Zealand in 19 ...
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Eruera Tirikatene Sir Eruera Tihema Te Aika Tirikatene (5 January 1895 – 11 January 1967) was a New Zealand Māori politician of the Ngāi Tahu tribe. Known in early life as Edward James Te Aika Tregerthen, he was the first Ratana Member of Parliament and wa ...
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Jonathan Trevethick Jonathan Trevethick (1864 – 16 October 1939) was a New Zealand politician. He was a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council from 1930 to 1939. Biography He was born in Lostwithiel, Cornwall, and educated at Lostwithiel School. He emigra ...
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George Troup George McIntosh Troup (September 8, 1780 – April 26, 1856) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia. He served in the Georgia General Assembly, U.S. House of Representatives, and U.S. Senate before becoming the 32nd Govern ...


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Fred Waite Frederick Tecumseh "Dash" Waite, occasionally spelled Fred WayteOtero, Miguel Antonio (1936). ''The Real Billy the Kid with new light on the Lincoln County War,'' Rufus Rockwell Wilson, New York, p.46 (born September 23, 1853 – September 2 ...
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Paddy Webb Patrick Charles Webb (30 November 1884 – 23 March 1950) was a New Zealand trade unionist and politician. Early life Webb was born in Rutherglen, a small town in the Australian state of Victoria. His father, George Webb, was a miner, and P ...
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Campbell West-Watson Campbell West-Watson (23 April 1877 – 19 May 1953) was successively an Anglican suffragan bishop, diocesan bishop and archbishop over a 40-year period during the first half of the 20th century. Born on 23 April 1877 he was educated at ...
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James Whyte James Whyte may refer to: *James Whyte (Australian politician) (1820–1882), Scottish-born Australian politician * James Whyte (bishop) (1868–1957), Roman Catholic bishop of Dunedin, 1920–1957 * James A. Whyte (1920–2005), Scottish theologian ...
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Thomas Wilford Sir Thomas Mason Wilford (20 June 1870 – 22 June 1939) was a New Zealand politician. He held the seats of Wellington Suburbs then Hutt continuously for thirty years, from 1899 to 1929. Wilford was leader of the New Zealand Liberal Party, and ...
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Thomas Wilkes Sir Thomas Wilkes (c.1545 – 2 March 1598 ( N.S in Rouen)) was an English civil servant and diplomat during the reign of Elizabeth I of England. He served as Clerk of the Privy Council, Member of Parliament for Downton and Southampton, a ...
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Charles Wilkinson Charles Wilkinson may refer to: * Charles Wilkinson (MP) (1725–1782), English Member of Parliament *Charles Edmund Wilkinson (1807–1870), acting Governor of British Ceylon * Charles Wilkinson (cricketer) (1813–1889), English cricketer and cle ...
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Kenneth Williams Kenneth Charles Williams (22 February 1926 – 15 April 1988) was an English actor of Welsh heritage. He was best known for his comedy roles and in later life as a raconteur and diarist. He was one of the main ensemble in 26 of the 31 Car ...
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Ida Willis Lizzie Ida Grace Willis (29 December 1881 – 7 March 1968) was a notable New Zealand civilian and military nurse, hospital inspector, matron, army nursing administrator. Willis was born in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1881. She was a nurse ...
* George Witty *
Ward Wohlmann Ward George Wohlmann (1872–1956) was a notable New Zealand policeman and police commissioner. He was born in Invercargill, New Zealand, in 1872. In the 1934 King's Birthday Honours, Wohlmann was appointed a Companion of the Imperial Serv ...
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Alexander Young Alexander Young may refer to: * Alexander Young (bishop) (died 1684), 17th century Scottish prelate *Alexander Young (engineer) (1833–1910), Scottish engineer and businessman who became a citizen of the Kingdom of Hawaii *Alexander Young (musicia ...
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W. Gray Young William Gray Young (21 June 1885 – 21 April 1962) was a New Zealand architect in the early 20th century, designing buildings such as Knox College, Otago, Knox College in Dunedin, the Wellington railway station and Wellington, Wellington's Elli ...


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Hubert Murray Sir John Hubert Plunkett Murray (29 December 1861 – 27 February 1940) was a judge and Lieutenant-Governor of Papua from 1908 until his death at Samarai. Early life Murray was born in Sydney, the son of Irish-born Terence Aubrey Murray ( ...
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Henry Newton (bishop) Henry Newton (5 January 1866 – 25 September 1947) was an Anglican colonial bishop who served two Southern Hemisphere dioceses in the first half of the 20th century. Early life Newton was born Henry Wilkinson, the son of Thomas Wilkinson ...


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Julia Solly Julia Frances Solly (née Muspratt; 21 December 1862 – 1953) was a British suffragist, feminist and temperance activist. After her marriage, she moved to South Africa, where she became one of the most recognisable feminists in the Cape Colony. ...


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