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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Label Occurrences
William Hobson canonical 4
Governor William Hobson 1

Statements (49)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Treaty of Waitangi → primaryAuthor → William Hobson ⓘ
William Hobson → name → William Hobson self-link ⓘ
Sir William Martin → appointedBy → William Hobson ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor William Hobson
Symonds Street Cemetery → containsGraveOf → William Hobson ⓘ
Eliza Lucy Harriet Hobson → spouse → William Hobson ⓘ