Sir George Grey Pioneer of Empire in Southern Lands
Chronology
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Chronology
1812. | April 14, Sir George Grey born at Lisbon. |
1826. | Sent to the Royal Military College. |
1829. | Received certificate, appointed Ensign, sent on service to Ireland. |
1833. | Raised to the rank of Lieutenant. |
1836. | Won certificate and high commendation at the Senior Department of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. |
1837. | Left Plymouth in H.M.S. Beagle on an exploring expedition to North-West Australia. Landed at Hanover Bay in December in the schooner Lynher. |
1838. | Speared by the blacks near Hanover Bay; arrived in Perth at the close of the first expedition. |
1839. | Second expedition to Shark Bay; perilous journey on foot from Gantheaume Bay to Perth; raised to the rank of Captain in June; appointed Resident of King George's Sound in August; married the daughter of Captain Richard Spencer; published vocabulary of the languages of the natives of South-West Australia. |
1840. | Returned to England. |
1841. | Assumed control of the Government of South Australia. Publication of his work in two volumes on Travels in North-West Australia. |
1843. | South Australia relieved from financial embarrassment. |
1845. | Appointed Lieutenant-Governor of New Zealand; arrived at Auckland in November. |
1846. | Suppression of the Native rebellion in the North under Heke and Kawiti; suspension of the New Zealand Constitution. |
1848. | Suppression of the Native rising in the South under-Rangihaeta. |
1851. | Transmission to the Imperial authorities of a draft of a new Constitution for New Zealand. |
1853. | Departure for England at the close of his first administration of New Zealand; publication of Ko Nga Mohaka, Ne Nga Hakariora, O Nga Maori. |
1854. | Appointed Governor of Cape Colony, and High Commissioner of South Africa.page xxii |
1855. | Publication of Polynesian Mythology, and Ancient Traditional History of the New Zealand Race. Settlement of the boundary between the Transvaal and Natal. |
1856. | Failure of the threatened insurrection in Kaffraria under Kreli and Umhlakaza, |
1857. | Publication of A Collection of Maori Sayings and Proverbs. |
1858. | Dispatch of troops and supplies to India; settlement of the boundary line between the Orange Free State and Basutoland. |
1859. | Recalled by Sir Bulwer Lytton from South Africa for neglect and defiance of instructions. Return to England, and reinstatement by the Duke of Newcastle under certain conditions. |
1861. | Departure from Cape Colony and assumption of the Government of New Zealand for the second time. |
1863. | Renewal of the Maori war. |
1865. | Capture of Wereroa Pah under the Governor's personal direction. |
1868. | Close of his Second Administration of New Zealand, and end of his career as an Imperial officer. |
1870. | Withdrawal of his candidature for the British Parliament at Newark. |
1874. | Elected Superintendent of the Province of Auckland. |
1874. | Elected to the House of Representatives in New Zealand. |
1876. | Triumphal progress through New Zealand proclaiming "The New Policy." |
1877. | Made Premier of New Zealand; foundation of the Progressive or Radical Policy. |
1879. | Vacation of the office of Prime Minister. |
1890. | Withdrawal from political life. |
1894. | Made Privy Councillor; return to England. |
1898. | Died in London in September, and buried in St. Paul's. |