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  William Hobson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Hobson (September 26, 1792 - September 10, 1842), was the first Governor of New Zealand and co-author of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Hobson was appointed as lieutenant governor (ratified on July 30, 1839) and British consul to New Zealand (confirmed on August 13, 1839).
Hobson arrived at the Bay of Islands on January 29, 1840 with a small group of officials, including an Executive Council comprised of the Colonial Secretary Willoughby Shortland, Colonial Treasurer George Cooper and Attorney-General Francis Fisher.
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 John A. Hobson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Atkinson Hobson (July 6, 1858 – April 1, 1940) was an English economist and imperial critic, widely popular as a lecturer and writer.
John Atkinson Hobson, was born in Derby, England, the son of William Hobson and Josephine Atkinson on.
During his coverage of the Second Boer War, Hobson began to form the idea that imperialism was the direct result of the expanding forces of modern capitalism.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/J.A._Hobson   (548 words)

  
 William Hobson Biography / Biography of William Hobson Biography
William Hobson (1793-1842) was a British naval commander and governor of New Zealand.
William Hobson was born at Waterford, Ireland, on Sept. 26, 1793.
Hobson governed New Zealand as lieutenant governor under the jurisdiction of the governor of New South Wales, but in May 1841 New Zealand became a separate crown colony with Hobson as governor.
www.bookrags.com /biography-william-hobson   (461 words)

  
 Quinn Family Genealogy
Joseph H. Quinn married Rachel Hobson, daughter of William Hobson and Rebecca Whitehead.
Rachel Hobson was the daughter of William Hobson and Rebecca Whitehead, both of whom were born in North Carolina.
It is clear from Morgan County, IN census, land and probate records that Rebecca Hobson was the sister of Archibald, Nathan, and Jacob Whitehead of Chatham and Randolph Counties, NC.
www.kelcran.com /Genealogy/quinn.htm   (961 words)

  
 Key People
On the 25th of August, 1839, Hobson left the port of Plymouth in England and sailed with his family to Australia.He carried with him a 4200 word brief from Lord Normanby outlining his mission and what needed to be agreed to with the Maori Chiefs before New Zealand could become a British Colony.
Hobson, upon arrival, relied heavily on the experience of Busby when drafting the Treaty of Waitangi and Busby acted as secretary when the final English draft was written on the 4th of February 1840.
Williams read the Maori version to the assembly at Waitangi and later participated in the discussion hui throughout the night, answering questions posed by the chiefs and clarifying points.
www.treatyofwaitangi.net.nz /KeyPeople.html   (1335 words)

  
 William Hobson - Term Explanation on IndexSuche.Com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Hobson was appointed as lieutenant governor (ratified on July_30, 1839) and British consul to New Zealand (confirmed on August_13, 1839).
Hobson arrived at the Bay_of_Islands on January_29, 1840 and drafted the Treaty_of_Waitangi together with Busby.
Hobson was sworn in as governor and commander in chief on May_3, 1841.
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 Henry Hobson (bef 1765) and Fairlise Braddy of Duplin, Wayne and Cumberland Co, NC
Henry Hobson (bef 1765) and Fairlise Braddy of Duplin, Wayne and Cumberland Co, NC martygrant.com
Henry Hobson had an apparent daughter this age with him for the 1810 census (age "under 10", born ca 1800/10), and Fairlise had someone her age with her still in 1830 (age 20-29, born ca 1800/10).
William was apparently home with his widowed mother for the 1830 census (age 15-19, born ca 1810/15).
www.martygrant.com /gen/hobson/hobson-henry-wayne.htm   (4132 words)

  
 William D. Hobson, M.S.
Hobson has also worked to develop and promote local, state and national policies that improve the accessibility of preventive and primary health care services to the disadvantaged.
Hobson's work in the BPHC is in direct support of the Community Health Center, Migrant Health Center, Health Care for the Homeless, Public Housing Primary Care and the National Health Service Corps programs that collectively support over 3,000 individual primary care sites in the United States and its Trust Territories serving approximately 10 million people.
Hobson was appointed by the Mayor of Seattle to the Seattle Human Rights Commission and was re-appointed by the Seattle City Council for a total of eight years (1978-1993).
www.minority.unc.edu /institute/2001/spkrbios/Hobson.htm   (618 words)

  
 Hobson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
His father, William Hobson, was the editor of the Derbyshire Advertiser, jointly owning the paper and also playing a large role in local politics.
Hobson was the first appointment to the Stokes lectureship.
To many Hobson is better known for the Gifford lectures he gave on The domain of natural science at the University of Aberdeen in 1921-22 than for his mathematical contribution.
www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk /history/Mathematicians/Hobson.html   (856 words)

  
 William Hobson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Hobson respondedon May 26, 1841 to the secretary of state.
Hobson was swornin as governor and commander in chief on May 3, 1841.
Hobson facedopposition from the Senateclique who sent a petition to the secretary of state to have Hobson recalled.
www.therfcc.org /william-hobson-82648.html   (725 words)

  
 Gifford Lecture Series - Authors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Ernest William Hobson, eldest son of William Hobson (founder, part owner and editor of the regional newspaper Derbyshire Advertiser), was born 27 October 1856 in Derby.
Hobson was later to study at the Royal College of Science, which became known as the Imperial College of Science and Technology after merging with the City and Guilds College and the Royal School of Mines in 1907.
Hobson was the first mathematician to be invited as a Gifford Lecturer and successfully delivered his series in accordance with Lord Gifford’s requirements.
www.giffordlectures.org /Author.asp?AuthorID=79   (599 words)

  
 william hobson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Hobson arrived at the Bay of Islands on January 29, 1840 and drafted the Treaty of Waitangi together with Busby.
Until that moment Hobson had been only the de facto Governor of New Zealand.
However Hobsons claim to be the first Governor of New Zealand is generally recognized.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /william_hobson.html   (812 words)

  
 Hobson's Signatures
Hobson or Shortland must have, realistically, signed each of the "official" Government documents before they were despatched.
This is substantiated, in part, in a letter from Hobson to Reverend Henry Williams, which said: '...treat with the principal native chiefs, in the southern parts of these islands, for their adherence of the treaty....
The poorly executed signature of Hobson appearing on the solitary English document (post-paralytic stroke) was affixed later to give the signatures (gained by Maunsell and Symonds in April and appearing on two "make-do" pieces of paper) official sanction and validity.
www.treatyofwaitangi.net.nz /Signatures.html   (1788 words)

  
 J. A. Hobson
Scott, the editor of the Manchester Guardian, recruited Hobson to be the newspaper's correspondent in South Africa.
Hobson was opposed to Britain's involvement in the First World War and in 1914 joined the Union of Democratic Control, and served on its executive council.
A socialist, Hobson rejected the theories of Karl Marx and favoured the reform of capitalism rather than a communist revolution.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /TUhobson.htm   (657 words)

  
 HOBSON, William - 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
William Hobson was born at Waterford, Ireland, on 26 September 1793, the son of Samuel Hobson (B.A., Dublin, 1772), assistant barrister for the County of Cork, and Martha, née Jones.
To add to Hobson's unpopularity in the south he refused to move the seat of government to Cook Strait, where there was a rapidly growing European population, but chose rather to be guided by Henry Williams, who urged the claims of the Waitemata.
Hobson, however, was spared this ignominy, for he died at Auckland on 10 September 1842, survived by his wife (died 1876), one son, and four daughters.
www.teara.govt.nz /1966/H/HobsonWilliam/HobsonWilliam/en   (2410 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Captain William Hobson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
William Hobson (September 26, 1792 _ September 10, New Zealand and co-author of the Treaty of Waitangi.
Hobson was appointed as lieutenant governor (ratified on July 30,
Hobson arrived at the Bay of Islands on
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Captain-William-Hobson   (929 words)

  
 William Hobson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Their leader William Wakefield later travelled to the Bay of to pledge allegiance to the Crown.
Hobson immediately sent two to the area to establish a claim holding courts.
Hobson faced opposition from the Senate who sent a petition to the secretary state to have Hobson recalled.
www.freeglossary.com /William_Hobson   (851 words)

  
 Hobson Genealogy Page
Edy/Ada Hobson born: abt 1779 in NC married: abt 1795 in NC died: 26 December 1838 in AL spouse: Moses Burleson children:
Sarah Hobson born: abt 1874 married: 8 March 1805 in TN died: 1864 in TN spouse: David Burleson Jr.
Nathaniel Hobson born: 13 November 1789 in SC married: 27 October 1812 in TN died: 1853 in MS spouse: Martha James children:
www.geocities.com /Heartland/Valley/6632/hobson.html   (468 words)

  
 Melissa Goade's Early Scholars Program Project - on www.Alaskool.org
William Hobson was the son of Peter Hobson and Minnie Hobson.
William Hobson was one of the founders of the Alaska Native Brotherhood, and helped to organize it.
William Hobson believed in the benefits of education, and encouraged his daughters during their growing years to educate themselves.
www.alaskool.org /projects/jdhs25projects/MGoade/page4.html   (253 words)

  
 The Master Butcher's Singing Club by Louise Erdrich, reviews, links and opinions, book club reading suggestions
Hobsons’ Chance takes the reader on an exciting journey from England to Australia and New Zealand, as it explores the period and the characters surrounding the transportation of convicts to Australia and the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.
In 1830 Anita Hobson is forced to leave her Irish homeland because she is engaged to an Irish nationalist, Dr Seamus O’Neill.
The Hobsons fear that she, and also they, may be implicated in the charge of murder that has been laid against O’Neill.
www.book-club.co.nz /books03/11hobsonschance.htm   (1549 words)

  
 William Hobson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
William R. Burke has filed to run for a District Court judgeship held by Edgar B...
William Hobson And Lauren Schwartzman Named Student-Athletes Of...
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Missouri seniors William Hobson and Lauren "Bunny" Schwartzman were named this week's Lathrop and Gage Varsity M Student-Athletes of the Week for...
www.wikiverse.org /william-hobson   (907 words)

  
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William Hobson, 1820-1891, was a Quaker minister and farmer from North Carolina, Iowa, and Oregon.
William Hobson (1820-1891) was born, raised and educated as a member of the Society of Friends in North Carolina.
In 1977, letter from William Hobson to G..., F.B., originally catalogued as a Miscellaneous Manuscript, source unknown, was added to this collection (Series 3).
www.swarthmore.edu /Library/friends/ead/5062hobs.xml   (575 words)

  
 Sinton Family Trees - Ballyhagan & Richhill - Appendices
William Brownlow and Robert Delap is desired to lend the said twenty shillings to James Fox towards buying him a loom and take his bond for it on behalf of this meeting.
William Brownlow and Francis Hobson have been concerned in that service for many years and Friends are concerned that others should be appointed to assist them.
William Nicholson is desired to read it publicly in a Meeting for Worship on a First Day, and get it recorded in proper book.
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 Anna Hinshaw
Sarah Angeline/Angelina Hobson, born Dec 28 1854; died Jun 9 1907; married Jan 14 1886 to William Thompson (1852-1921).
Hobson, William, age 52, born in North Carolina; parents born in North Carolina; farmer.
Hobson, Mary A., daughter, age 19, born in North Carolina; parents born in North Carolina; works in cotton mill.
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 Hobson Family Genealogy
The Hobson Family Genealogy is one of the family lines of James P. Keller and provides information about the family and ancestors of
All evidence, though, indicates that he was most likely related to the Hobsons of Chatham County, NC who were descended from George Hobson.
The descendant of George Hobson most likely to have been William Hobson's father was William Hobson of Chatham County, NC The following are references of interest for the Hobson and related families:
www.kelcran.com /Genealogy/hobson.htm   (240 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Hobson William   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
MSN Encarta - Search Results - Hobson William
Born on September 23, 1793, at Waterford in Ireland, Hobson...
In part to pre-empt land-buying by the company, the British government sent Captain William Hobson to New Zealand in 1840 as consul, with authority...
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - William Hobson
Tell, William, legendary Swiss patriot of the 14th century.
According to tradition, Tell refused to salute the cap of Gessler, the despotic Austrian...
Numbered rulers named William are entered below by their countries, in alphabetical order, and by regnal numbers.
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 Alexander, Hobson and Hobson Jeffcock Genealogy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Jeffcock Hobson family name seems to have first appeared around the start of the 19th Century.
These records can be viewed on-line at many free sites or at the pay-to-view site 1837online.com.
The Jeffock Hobson families seem to have stayed in the Sheffield area - maninly Handsworth and Intake - with an occational mention in the Thorpe Common area of Rotherham.
www.alexander.hobson.me.uk   (117 words)

  
 Biographies: William Hobson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Captain William Hobson was the man responsible for claiming New Zealand for the British Crown; ostensibly, to forestall French ambitions in the area.
He was also responsible for persuading missionaries into convening a congress of Maori chiefs.
This congress went on to conclude one of the most important agreements of the nineteenth century British empire: The Treaty of Waitangi.
www.britishempire.co.uk /biography/hobson.htm   (59 words)

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