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Frederick Weld
Formal portrait of Frederick Aloysius Weld. Taken by an unknown photographer, circa 1860.
Frederick Weld
Frederick Weld was only briefly premier, but he later became a serial colonial governor. That he, a Roman Catholic, could lead a colony showed how different New Zealand was to Britain.
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