Sir William Martin

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Sir William Martin was a 19th-century British-born jurist who became a foundational figure in New Zealand’s legal system and an influential advocate for Māori rights.

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Sir William Martin canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chief Justice ⓘ
Māori rights advocate ⓘ
jurist ⓘ
legal reformer ⓘ
person ⓘ
advocatedFor fair treatment of Māori in land transactions ⓘ
appointedBy Governor William Hobson ⓘ
linked to: William Hobson
birthYear 1807 ⓘ
countryOfBirth United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
deathYear 1880 ⓘ
educatedAt King Edward’s School, Birmingham ⓘ
St John’s College, Cambridge ⓘ
endTime 1857 ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
ethnicOrigin British ⓘ
fieldOfWork colonial legal systems ⓘ
indigenous rights ⓘ
law ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
influenced New Zealand jurisprudence on the Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ
development of New Zealand constitutional law ⓘ
knownFor advocacy for Māori rights ⓘ
shaping New Zealand’s early legal system ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalPhilosophy protection of indigenous rights within colonial law ⓘ
legalSystem New Zealand legal system ⓘ
name William Martin ⓘ
notableFor being the first Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ
notableWork pamphlets on Māori land rights ⓘ
writings on the Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ
occupation judge ⓘ
jurist ⓘ
legal scholar ⓘ
placeOfBirth Birmingham ⓘ
positionHeld Chief Justice of New Zealand ⓘ
relative George Augustus Selwyn ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
residence Auckland ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
spouse Mary Ann Parker ⓘ
startTime 1841 ⓘ
supported recognition of Māori customary title ⓘ

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Chief Justice of New Zealand → firstHolder → Sir William Martin ⓘ
Mary Ann Parker → spouse → Sir William Martin ⓘ