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Henry Sewell (/ ˈ sj uː əl /; 7 September 1807 – 14 May 1879) was a prominent 19th-century New Zealand politician. He was a notable campaigner for New Zealand self-government , and is generally regarded as having been the country's first premier (an office that would later be titled "Prime Minister"), having led the Sewell ...
8 de nov. de 2017 · Henry Sewell, our first premier – or colonial secretary as early premiers were called – was more of a sojourner than a settler. Although he spent 17 years in New Zealand in three periods between 1853 and 1876, he never put down deep roots. Sewell followed his father into the law – and into debt.
Henry Sewell, (born Sept. 14, 1807, Newport, Isle of Wight, Eng.—died May 5, 1879, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire), British colonizer and politician who served as the first premier of New Zealand (1856) after the colony had been granted responsible government. As a solicitor in London he became secretary and deputy chairman of the Canterbury ...
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It was updated in August, 2020. Henry Sewell came to New Zealand in 1853 at the age of 45 as an official of the Canterbury Association and spent about 17½ years in the colony in three periods: 1853–56, 1859–66 and 1870–76. He became one of the leaders among the first generation of colonial politicians and was the first premier of New ...
Henry Sewell (7 de septiembre de 1807 - 14 de mayo de 1879) fue un destacado político neozelandés del siglo XIX. Fue un destacado activista a favor del autogobierno de Nueva Zelanda y, en general, se lo considera el primer primer ministro del país (un cargo que más tarde se titularía "Primer Ministro"), y dirigió el Ministerio Sewell en 1856.
Henry Sewell becomes the country’s first premier. 7 May 1856. Henry Sewell, c. 1872 (Alexander Turnbull Library, PA1-o-735-07-2) Henry Sewell took office as colonial secretary - as early premiers were called - on 7 May 1856. He had been asked by Governor Thomas Gore Browne to form the country’s first official ‘responsible’ government.
SEWELL, HENRY (1807-1879), first premier of New Zealand, was the fourth son of Thomas Sewell, a solicitor, who was steward of the Isle of Wight, and of Jane, youngest daughter of John Edwards, curate of Newport. Richard Clarke Sewell (1803- 1864)], Dr. James Edward Sewell.