Frederick Weld

Sir Frederick Weld
Sir Frederick Weld, date unknown
6th Premier of New Zealand
In office
24 November 1864 – 16 October 1865
MonarchVictoria
GovernorGeorge Grey
Preceded byFrederick Whitaker
Succeeded byEdward Stafford
ConstituencyWairau, Cheviot
8th Governor of Western Australia
In office
30 September 1869 – 13 January 1875
MonarchVictoria
Preceded byBenjamin Pine
Succeeded byWilliam C. F. Robinson
4th Governor of Tasmania
In office
13 January 1875 – 5 April 1880
MonarchVictoria
Preceded byCharles Du Cane
Succeeded byGeorge Strahan
12th Governor of the Straits Settlements
In office
16 May 1880 – 17 October 1887
MonarchQueen Victoria
Colonial SecretaryJames W. W. Birch
Thomas Braddell
Preceded byWilliam C. F. Robinson
Succeeded byCecil Clementi Smith
Personal details
Born(1823-05-09)9 May 1823
Bridport, Dorset, England
Died20 July 1891(1891-07-20) (aged 68)
Chideock, Dorset, England
Political partyNone
SpouseFilumena Mary Anne Lisle Phillipps (m. 1859)
Children13
Parent(s)Humphrey Weld
Christina Maria Clifford
EducationStonyhurst College
Alma materUniversity of Fribourg
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Sir Frederick Aloysius Weld GCMG (9 May 1823 – 20 July 1891), was an English-born New Zealand politician and colonial administrator of various British colonies and territories located in Oceania and Southeast Asia. He was the sixth Prime Minister of New Zealand, and later served as Governor of Western Australia, Governor of Tasmania, and Governor of the Straits Settlements.