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Harry Albert Atkinson

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  • Title
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    Harry Albert AWMM
  • Surname
    Atkinson AWMM
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    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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    Anglican, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

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  • Birth
    1 November 1831 AWMM England, United Kingdom AWMM
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    Politician/Civilian AWMM
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    Pre 9 December 1852 AWMM Married AWMM
    Married, 4 children AWMM

Service

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Training and Enlistment

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    New Zealand Wars Unknown AWMM
    Age 29 AWMM
    Farmer/Civilian AWMM
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  • Son of John Atkinson and Elizabeth Smith.

    Married Amelia Jane Skinner on 25 March 1856, at New Plymouth. They had three sons and one daughter.

    After Amelia's death in June 1865, Harry married his cousin Annie Smith on 13 June 1866, again at New Plymouth. This second marriage produced two sons and one daughter.

    Member of the House of Representatives, representing Grey and Bell, 1861-1864.

    Minister for Colonial Defence, 1864-1866.

    Member of the House of Representatives, representing New Plymouth, 1867-1869.

    Member of the House of Representatives, representing Egmont, 1872-1874.

    Minister of Crown Lands and of Immigration, 1874-1876.

    Premier, 1876-1877, 1883-1884, 1887-1891.

    Colonial Treasurer, 1875-1891 (intermittently).

    Atkinson died in his office in Parliament. AWMM
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Death

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    28 June 1892 AWMM
    Age 60 AWMM
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Sources

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    • Gudgeon, T. (1887). The defenders of New Zealand : being a short biography of colonists who distinguished themselves in upholding Her Majesty's supremacy in these islands. Auckland, N.Z.: H. Brett. AWMM
      Gudgeon, Thomas Wayth. Defenders of New Zealand. p. 44-46. AWMM
    • Cowan, J. (1922). The New Zealand wars : a history of the Maori campaigns and the pioneering period. Vol. 1 1845-1865. Wellington, N.Z.: Government Print. AWMM

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