James Busby

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British colonial official diplomat person viticulturist

James Busby was a British resident and colonial official in New Zealand who played a key role in early governance and relations between the British Crown and Māori chiefs.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Henry Williams	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British colonial official ⓘ diplomat ⓘ person ⓘ viticulturist ⓘ
appointedBy	British Crown ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfService	Australia ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1801-02-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1871-07-15 ⓘ
describedBySource	British colonial archives ⓘ New Zealand historical records ⓘ
educatedAt	Royal Military College, Sandhurst ⓘ University of Edinburgh ⓘ
employer	UK government ⓘ surface form: British Government
ethnicGroup	British ⓘ
familyName	Busby ⓘ
fieldOfWork	colonial administration ⓘ international relations ⓘ viticulture ⓘ
givenName	James ⓘ
influenced	British–Māori diplomatic relations ⓘ development of New Zealand constitutional arrangements ⓘ
knownFor	co-drafting the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840 ⓘ drafting the Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand in 1835 ⓘ mediating relations between British Crown and Māori chiefs ⓘ role in early governance of New Zealand ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
notableWork	Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand ⓘ Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ
occupation	colonial administrator ⓘ diplomat ⓘ viticulturist ⓘ
participatedIn	drafting of the 1835 Declaration of the Independence of New Zealand ⓘ negotiations leading to the Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Edinburgh ⓘ Scotland ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Annesbrook ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ
positionHeld	British Resident at Waitangi ⓘ British Resident in New Zealand ⓘ
religion	Protestantism ⓘ
residence	Edinburgh ⓘ New South Wales ⓘ Waitangi, Bay of Islands ⓘ surface form: Waitangi
spouse	Catherine Busby ⓘ
workedAt	Waitangi, Bay of Islands ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Treaty of Waitangi → drafter → James Busby ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry Williams