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| | FOX, Sir William - 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand |
 | | William Fox was the third son of George Townshend Fox, of Durham, a deputy lieutenant of the county, and was born on 20 January 1812 at Westoe, near South Shields, Durham. |
 | | The Colonial Office draft, based on the proposals of Sir George Grey, was the basis of the Act passed in 1852, but Fox was probably responsible for the addition of Taranaki to the five provinces Grey had proposed to create. |
 | | When Waterhouse found himself unable to work with Vogel and resigned on 3 March 1873, Fox, at the urgent request of Governor Sir George Bowen, agreed to assume the premiership for a few weeks, but only to keep the seat warm for Vogel, who was absent from the colony. |
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