Sir George Grey

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Sir George Grey was a 19th-century British colonial statesman and governor who played a major role in the administration and development of several colonies, including New Zealand and South Africa.

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Label Occurrences
Sir George Grey canonical 13
George Grey 5
Governor George Grey 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British colonial administrator ⓘ
Governor of New Zealand ⓘ
Governor of South Australia ⓘ
Governor of the Cape Colony ⓘ
human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
awardReceived Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath ⓘ
birthCountry Portugal ⓘ
birthDate 1812-04-14 ⓘ
birthPlace Lisbon ⓘ
burialPlace St Paul’s Cathedral, London ⓘ
linked to: St Paul's Cathedral
collected Māori manuscripts and oral traditions ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
deathCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1898-09-19 ⓘ
deathPlace London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
educatedAt Royal Military College Sandhurst ⓘ
fieldOfWork colonial governance ⓘ
imperial policy ⓘ
givenName George ⓘ
hasParticularInterest indigenous languages and cultures ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
knownFor policies towards Māori in New Zealand ⓘ
policies towards indigenous peoples in southern Africa ⓘ
role in the administration of the Cape Colony ⓘ
role in the colonisation and administration of New Zealand ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
legacy Grey Collection at Auckland Libraries ⓘ
place names in New Zealand and South Africa ⓘ
memberOf Privy Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Privy Council
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
militaryRank captain ⓘ
monarchDuringTerm Queen Victoria ⓘ
name Sir George Grey ⓘ
notableWork exploration of north-west Australia ⓘ
occupation colonial administrator ⓘ
explorer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
positionHeld Governor of New Zealand ⓘ
Governor of South Australia ⓘ
Governor of the Cape Colony ⓘ
High Commissioner for Southern Africa ⓘ
Member of the New Zealand House of Representatives ⓘ
Member of the New Zealand Legislative Council ⓘ
Premier of New Zealand ⓘ
residence Adelaide ⓘ
Auckland ⓘ
Cape Town ⓘ

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Referenced by (21)

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

Greytown → namedAfter → Sir George Grey ⓘ
Greymouth → namedAfter → Sir George Grey ⓘ
Grey College, Bloemfontein → foundedBy → Sir George Grey ⓘ
Grey College, Bloemfontein → namedAfter → Sir George Grey ⓘ
Auckland Grammar School → founder → Sir George Grey ⓘ
Sir George Grey → name → Sir George Grey ⓘ
Te Rauparaha → detainedBy → Governor George Grey ⓘ
linked to: Sir George Grey
Province of New Munster → colonialGovernor → George Grey ⓘ
linked to: Sir George Grey
Grey River → namedAfter → George Grey ⓘ
linked to: Sir George Grey
Grey River → namedAfter → Sir George Grey ⓘ
Grey University College → namedAfter → Sir George Grey ⓘ
Colony of South Australia → governor → George Grey ⓘ
linked to: Sir George Grey
New Zealand Wars → significantLeader → Governor George Grey ⓘ
linked to: Sir George Grey
George → givenNameOf → Sir George Grey ⓘ
Flagstaff War → commander → George Grey ⓘ
linked to: Sir George Grey
Hōne Heke → opponent → Governor George Grey ⓘ
linked to: Sir George Grey
Lieutenant-Governor of New Zealand → officeHolder → George Grey ⓘ
linked to: Sir George Grey
Grey High School → namedAfter → Sir George Grey ⓘ