See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

RICHARD See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• RICHARD JOHN SEDDON (1845-1906)
• SEDDON, THOMAS (1821-1856)

SEDDON (1845-1906)  , New See also:

• ZEALAND (also SEALAND Or SEELAND; Danish Sjaelland)

Zealand statesman, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Eccleston, See also:

• LANCASHIRE

Lancashire, See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, in 1845, his See also:

• FATHER

father being a schoolmaster at Eccleston See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

Hill school . He was brought up to the See also:

• ENGINEERING

engineering See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade, and when eighteen went to See also:

• AUSTRALIA

Australia and entered the railway workshops at See also:

• MELBOURNE
• MELBOURNE, WILLIAM LAMB, 2ND VISCOUNT (1779-1848)

Melbourne . He was caught by the " See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold See also:

• FEVER (Lat. febris, connected with fervere, to burn)

fever " and went to See also:

• BENDIGO (formerly SANDHURST)

Bendigo, where he spent some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time in the diggings; but in 1866 he joined an See also:

• UNCLE

uncle on the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of New Zealand, starting See also:

• WORK

work as a miner . In 1869 he married See also:

• MISS

Miss Louisa Jane See also:

• SPOTSWOOD (SPOTTSwooD or SPOTTISwOOD), ALEXANDER (1676-1940)

Spotswood, of Melbourne . In the same See also:

• YEAR

year he was elected to a seat on his See also:

• LOCAL

local Road See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board, and he was soon returned to the Westland Provincial See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

Council for the Arahura See also:

• DISTRICT

district, becoming its first chairman of committees . In 1879 he was returned to the New Zealand See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament for Kumara, and sat for that See also:

• CONSTITUENCY (from " constituent," that which forms a necessary part of a thing; Lat. constituere, to create)

constituency for twenty-six years, though its name was changed. to Westland . He was a member of the See also:

• BALLANCE, JOHN (1839-1893)

Ballance See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry (1891), holding the portfolios for public See also:

• WORKS

works, See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence and mines; and on Ballance's See also:

• DEATH

death (1893) became premier, a position he retained till his sudden death on the loth of See also:

• JUNE

June 1906 . During these years See also:

• SEDDON, RICHARD JOHN (1845-1906)
• SEDDON, THOMAS (1821-1856)

Seddon held a unique See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in the public See also:

• LIFE

life of New Zealand, and in its relations with the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire . He combined his premiership with various offices—as colonial treasurer, See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister for See also:

• EDUCATION

education, postmaster-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, See also:

• TELEGRAPH (Gr. Tike, far, and rypaq5eiv, to write)

telegraph See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner, minister of marine, minister for See also:

• LAND

land See also:

• PURCHASE

purchase, and minister for labour,—but his strenuous See also:

• PERSONALITY (from Lat. persona, originally an actor's mask, from personare,1 to sound through)

personality, and the confidence inspired by his determination to make New Zealand a living force among the See also:

• BRITISH

British dominions, were the dominating features in all his course of See also:

• ACTION

action . His large physique, his profound earnestness, his See also:

• GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift of popular See also:

• ORATORY (Lat. oratorio, sc. ors; from orare, to speak or pray)

oratory, his expansive kindliness and his See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of dealing with men, made him supreme among his own See also:

• PEOPLE

people . He became known in a wider See also:

• SPHERE (Gr. vclsa?pa, a ball or globe)

sphere after his attending the colonial See also:

• CONFERENCE

conference in See also:

• LONDON

London in 1897, and thenceforth he was regarded as one of the pillars of British imperialism . During the See also:

• BOER

Boer See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, and afterwards in the See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement for preferential trade with the colonies, he was an enthusiastic supporter of Mr See also:

• CHAMBERLAIN (0. Fr. chamberlain, chamberlenc, Mod. Fr. chambellan, from O. H. Ger. Chamarling, Chamarlinc, whence also the Med. Lat. cambellanus, camerlingus, camerlengus; Ital. camerlingo; Span. camerlengo, compounded of 0. H. Ger. Chamara, Kamara [Lat.
• CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH (1836— )
• CHAMBERLAIN, JOSHUA LAWRENCE (1828– )
• CHAMBERLAIN, SIR NEVILLE BOWLES (1820-1902)

Chamberlain, though he was characteristically outspoken in opposition to the introduction of See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese labour into See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa .

His rough and ready views were frequently open to See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism, but his vigorous patriotism and intensity of See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character give hima permanent place among those who have worked for the consolidation of the British dominions . A Life, by J . See also:

• DRUMMOND, HENRY (1786-r86o)
• DRUMMOND, HENRY (1851-1897)
• DRUMMOND, THOMAS (r797-1840)
• DRUMMOND, WILLIAM (1585-1649)

Drummond, was published in 1907 .