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Henry Williams (11 February 1792 – 16 July 1867) was the leader of the Church Missionary Society (CMS) mission in New Zealand in the first half of the 19th century. Williams entered the Royal Navy at the age of fourteen and served in the Napoleonic Wars .
Henry Williams (* 11. Februar 1792 in Nottingham, England; † 16. Juli 1867 in Pakaraka, Bay of Islands, Neuseeland) war Marineoffizier der Royal Navy, später Missionar der Church Mission Society in Neuseeland und Übersetzer des Treaty of Waitangi in Māori . Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Frühe Jahre. 2 Familie. 3 Vorbereitung auf Missionsarbeit.
Henry Williams ist der Name folgender Personen: Henry Williams (Cromwell) († 1604), englischer Adliger, Großvater von Oliver Cromwell; Henry Williams (Wales), walisischer Politiker; Henry Williams, 2. Baronet (um 1635–1666), walisischer Politiker; Henry Williams (Missionar) (1792–1867), englischer Missionar
Henry Williams (1792-1864) was a former Royal Navy lieutenant who served in the Napoleonic Wars. In 1823, as an Anglican priest, he was appointed to head CMS's mission in New Zealand. Under his forceful personality, the mission was highly successful, influencing several thousand Māori to convert and spreading its influence through much of the ...
Williams and Treaty. Henry Williams translated the draft Treaty into Maori and persuaded the Chiefs to sign at Waitangi. That he was successful was something that later troubled him and the other missionaries, as the Government and settlers abrogated the terms and spirit of the Treaty, with consequent suffering to Maori.
This biography, written by Robin Fisher, was first published in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography in 1990. According to family information Henry Williams was born on 11 February 1792; he was baptised on 13 April at Gosport, Hampshire, England. He was the fifth child and third son of Thomas Williams, a lace manufacturer, and his wife, Mary ...
Henry was amongst those listed as ‘slightly wounded’, an injury that was to trouble him in later years. In May, 1812 he transferred to HMS Racehorse (Captain James de Rippe) [7] and on his return to England sat his examination for Lieutenant, and on 3 November, 1813, Henry Williams of Racehorse was formally listed as having passed.[8]
