William Hobson

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British naval officer colonial governor human

William Hobson was a British naval officer and the first Governor of New Zealand, best known for overseeing and signing the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British naval officer ⓘ colonial governor ⓘ human ⓘ
appointedBy	Queen Victoria ⓘ
birthDate	1792-09-26 ⓘ
birthPlace	Ireland ⓘ Waterford ⓘ
burialPlace	Symonds Street Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath	stroke ⓘ
countryGoverned	New Zealand ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate	1842-09-10 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Irish ⓘ
familyName	Hobson ⓘ
givenName	William ⓘ
hasHonorificPrefix	Captain ⓘ
hasHonorificTitle	Captain ⓘ
knownFor	overseeing the drafting of the Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ signing the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840 ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
militaryBranch	Royal Navy ⓘ
militaryRank	captain ⓘ
monarchDuringReign	Queen Victoria ⓘ
name	William Hobson self-link ⓘ
notableWork	Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ
numberOfChildren	4 ⓘ
officeEndTime	1842-09-10 ⓘ
officeStartTime	1841-01-03 ⓘ
participatedIn	Napoleonic Wars ⓘ operations in the West Indies ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Auckland ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ
positionHeld	Consul to New Zealand ⓘ Governor-General of New Zealand ⓘ surface form: Governor of New Zealand Lieutenant-Governor of New Zealand ⓘ
predecessor	position created ⓘ
religion	Anglicanism (broadly) ⓘ surface form: Anglicanism
residence	Auckland ⓘ New South Wales ⓘ
servedIn	East Indies station ⓘ South American station ⓘ West Indies station ⓘ
signed	Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ
signedAs	Lieutenant-Governor ⓘ
spouse	Eliza Lucy Harriet Hobson ⓘ
successor	Robert FitzRoy ⓘ
treatySignedAt	Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ surface form: Waitangi
treatySignedIn	Bay of Islands ⓘ
yearOfEvent	1840 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William Hobson → name → William Hobson self-link ⓘ

Treaty of Waitangi → primaryAuthor → William Hobson ⓘ