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William Hobson

1792 - 1842

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Captain William Hobson (26 September 1792 – 10 September 1842) was an Anglo-Irish officer in the British Royal Navy, who served as the first Governor of New Zealand. He was a co-author of the Treaty of Waitangi. Hobson was dispatched from London in July 1839, with instructions to take the constitutional steps needed to establish a British colony in New Zealand. He was sworn in as Lieutenant-Governor in Sydney (under George Gipps) and arrived in New Zealand on 29 January 1840. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Hobson is the 17,000th most popular politician (down from 16,972nd in 2019), the 327th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 331st in 2019) and the 51st most popular Irish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William Hobson ranks 17,000 out of 19,576. Before him are Aleksandar Vulin, Grasulf II of Friuli, Cynthia Lummis, Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, Mirja Lehtonen, and Vladimir Konstantinov. After him are Seiji Maehara, Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, Renate Künast, Nicole Bricq, Tom Vilsack, and Osbald of Northumbria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1792, William Hobson ranks 71. Before him are Jean-Jacques Willmar, José María Carreño, Vicente Ramón Roca, Thaddeus Stevens, Lowell Mason, and Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde. After him are John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, John Keble, and Thomas Mitchell. Among people deceased in 1842, William Hobson ranks 40. Before him are Leona Vicario, Aleksey Koltsov, Wilhelm Gesenius, Henry Shrapnel, William Ellery Channing, and Archibald Menzies. After him are James Barbour, John Sell Cotman, Amos Eaton, Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill, Chand Kaur, and Daniel Beale.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, William Hobson ranks 327 out of 549. Before him are Paul Mescal (1996), Billy Whelan (1935), Colum McCann (1965), Patrick Leahy (1877), Thomas Fitzsimons (1741), and Desmond Connell (1926). After him are Mary Ward (1827), Damien Rice (1973), Geoffrey Keating (1569), Graham Norton (1963), Maria Doyle Kennedy (1964), and James Cecil Parke (1881).

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Among POLITICIANS In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, William Hobson ranks 51. Before him are Cathal Brugha (1874), John A. Costello (1891), Jack Lynch (1917), Albert Reynolds (1932), Peter Sutherland (1946), and Thomas Fitzsimons (1741). After him are Richard Mulcahy (1886), William J. Duane (1780), Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo (1822), Joseph Plunkett (1887), Seán Lemass (1899), and Seán Mac Diarmada (1883).

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