Record ID:
36328982 (Libraries Australia Authorities)
Authority type:
  • Name.
Description conventions:
  • rda
LC number:
  • n 85084229
Heading:
Corporate body details:
  • Sir
Birth:
  • 18230509
  • Bridport (England)
Death:
  • 18910720
  • Chideock (England)
Associated with:
  • New Zealand Australia Straits Settlements Western Australia Tasmania
Occupations:
  • Statesmen Governors
Notes:
  • Graham, J. Frederick Weld, 1983: p. 2, etc. (Sir Frederick Aloysius Weld; b. 1823; d. 1891)
  • DNB (Weld, Sir Frederick Aloysius; b. 5/9/1823; d. 7/20/1891; statesman; wrote a couple of pamphlets on New Zealand)
  • Wikipedia 21 August 2021: (Sir Frederick Aloysius Weld GCMG (9 May 1823, Bridport, Dorset – 20 July 1891), was a New Zealand politician and a governor of various British colonies. He was the sixth Premier of New Zealand, and later served as Governor of Western Australia, Governor of Tasmania, and Governor of the Straits Settlements. He was a staunch Catholic and promoter of Catholic participation in public life. He arrived in New Zealand in 1844, and after making a successful start in sheep farming, turned to politics. He was elected to the first New Zealand Parliament in 1853; he was Premier 1864-1865. After he returned to England (1867-1869), he was appointed Governor of Western Australia (1869-1875); after a visit to New Zealand, he was appointed Governor of Tasmania (1875-1880), then of the Straits Settlements (1880-1887), after which he retired; he died in Chideock, Dor\set, England.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Weld
Local system number:
  • 000001336127
  • abv03583044
  • (AU-CaAIA)XX33707
Cataloguing source:
  • ANL eng rda DLC MvI VJTL
Authentication code:
  • anuc