Dillon Bell

Sir Dillon Bell
portrait photo
Sir Dillon Bell ca 1881
3rd Colonial Treasurer
In office
7 May 1856 – 20 May 1856
Prime MinisterHenry Sewell
In office
6 August 1862 – 21 August 1862
Prime MinisterAlfred Domett
4th Minister of Native Affairs
In office
6 August 1862 – 30 October 1863
Prime MinisterAlfred Domett
3rd Speaker of the House of Representatives
In office
1871–1875
Prime MinisterFox, Stafford, Waterhouse and Vogel
Personal details
Born
Francis Dillon Bell

(1822-10-08)8 October 1822
Bordeaux,[citation needed] France
Died8 July 1898(1898-07-08) (aged 75)
Shag Valley (homestead), Otago
New Zealand
Spouse(s)Margaret, Lady Bell (née Hort)
ChildrenFrancis Bell
Arthur Bell

Sir Francis Dillon Bell KCMG CB (8 October 1822 – 15 July 1898) was a New Zealand politician of the late 19th century. He served as New Zealand's third Minister of Finance (the first parliamentary finance minister), and later as its third Speaker of the House. The town of Bell Block near New Plymouth – on land Bell bought from the Puketapu iwi in 1849 – is named after him, as is Bell Street, Whanganui. Bell's son, Francis Henry Dillon Bell, became the first New Zealand born Prime Minister in 1925.