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Henry Sewell (* 7. September 1807 in Newport, Isle of Wight; † 14. Mai 1879 in Cambridge, England) war britisch-neuseeländischer Politiker und der erste Premierminister Neuseelands. Er trat sein Amt am 7. Mai 1856 an, musste aber bereits 13 Tage später nach einem Misstrauensvotum zurücktreten.
Henry Sewell ( / ˈsjuːəl /; [1] 7 September 1807 – 14 May 1879) was a 19th-century New Zealand politician. He was a notable campaigner for New Zealand self-government, and is generally regarded as having been the country's first premier (a post that would later be officially titled "Prime Minister"), having led the Sewell Ministry in 1856.
8. Nov. 2017 · Henry Sewell, our first premier – or colonial secretary as early premiers were called – was more of a sojourner than a settler. Although he spent 17 years in New Zealand in three periods between 1853 and 1876, he never put down deep roots. Sewell followed his father into the law – and into debt.
Henry Sewell (1807-1879) was a lawyer, administrator and politician who came to New Zealand in 1853 as an official of the Canterbury Association. He was the first premier of New Zealand and played a key role in establishing the legal and educational system of the colony.
1. Mai 2024 · Henry Sewell (born Sept. 14, 1807, Newport, Isle of Wight, Eng.—died May 5, 1879, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire) was a British colonizer and politician who served as the first premier of New Zealand (1856) after the colony had been granted responsible government.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
6. Nov. 2020 · Henry Sewell took office as colonial secretary - as early premiers were called - on 7 May 1856. He had been asked by Governor Thomas Gore Browne to form the country’s first official ‘responsible’ government.
SEWELL, Henry. (1807–79). Coloniser, diarist, politician, and first Premier of New Zealand. A new biography of Sewell, Henry appears in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site.
