James Busby

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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.

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Generate an image of James Busby (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.)

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Label Occurrences
James Busby canonical 18
British Resident James Busby 1
Henry Williams 1

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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 British Government ⓘ
linked to: UK 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 ⓘ
spouse Catherine Busby ⓘ
workedAt Waitangi, Bay of Islands ⓘ

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Referenced by (20)

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

Treaty of Waitangi → drafter → James Busby ⓘ
Treaty of Waitangi → drafter → Henry Williams ⓘ
linked to: James Busby
Treaty House → builtFor → James Busby ⓘ
Treaty House → associatedWithPeople → James Busby ⓘ
Busby House → formerResident → James Busby ⓘ
Busby House → namedAfter → James Busby ⓘ
Busby House → associatedWith → James Busby ⓘ
Annesbrook → associatedWith → James Busby ⓘ
Annesbrook → notableResident → James Busby ⓘ
Catherine Busby → spouse → James Busby ⓘ
United Tribes of New Zealand flag → recognizedBy → British Resident James Busby ⓘ
linked to: James Busby
Treaty House, Waitangi → builtFor → James Busby ⓘ