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Richmond, Christopher William

 Fonds
Identifier: ricc-P

Dates

  • Creation: 1864 - 1873

Access and Use

Access is freely available in the J.C.Beaglehole Room for research and private study. For any use beyond this, please contact the J.C.Beaglehole Room (jcbeaglehole.room@vuw.ac.nz) in the first instance.

Biographical/Historical note

Richmond, Christopher William

Missing Title

1821
Born
1895
Died

C.W. Richmond qualified as a barrister in England in 1847 and emigrated to New Zealand in 1853, joining his brothers J.C. and H.R. Richmond in Taranaki.

Elected to the House of Representatives in 1855, he was Minister of Native Affairs from 1858 to 1860 and in 1862 was appointed Judge of the Supreme Court.

He served in Dunedin from 1862 to 1867, in Nelson (with responsibility for Westland and Marlborough) from 1867 to 1873, and in Wellington from 1873 to his death in 1895.

Extent

50 linear_centimeters

Language of Materials

English

Title
J C Beaglehole Room - archives and manuscripts
Status
Completed
Author
Nicola Frean
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
Finding aid is written inEnglish
Edition statement
XML EAD edition

Repository Details

Part of the Tapuaka Heritage & Archive Collections - JC Beaglehole Reading Room, Victoria University of Wellington Library Repository

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