- Thomas Gore Browne
Infobox Officeholder
honorific-prefix = Colonel
name = Sir Thomas Robert Gore Browne
honorific-suffix = KCMG, CB
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order = Governor ofSaint Helena
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term_start =18 July 1851
term_end =15 December 1854
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monarch = Queen Victoria
predecessor2 =Hamelin Trelawney
successor2 =Horatio Nelson Vigors
order2 = 4th Governor of New Zealand
term_start2 =6 September 1855
term_end2 =3 October 1861
lieutenant2 =
predecessor2 = SirGeorge Grey
successor2 = SirGeorge Grey
order3 = 2nd
office3 = Governor of Tasmania
term_start3 =11 December 1861
term_end3 =30 December 1868
lieutenant3 =
predecessor3 = Sir Henry Young
successor3 =Charles Du Cane
birth_date = birth date|1807|7|3
birth_place =Aylesbury ,Buckinghamshire ,England , UK
death_date = death date and age|1887|4|17|1807|7|3
death_place =London ,England , UK
nationality = Flagicon|UK British
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footnotes =Colonel Sir Thomas Robert Gore Browne KCMG, CB, (
July 3 ,1807 –April 17 ,1887 ) was a British colonial administrator, who was Governor ofSt Helena , Governor of New Zealand,Governor of Tasmania andGovernor of Bermuda .Early life
Browne was born in
Aylesbury ,Buckinghamshire ,England . He served with the British Army inAfghanistan andIndia . In 1824 he purchased an Ensigncy in the44th Foot , but three months later exchanged into the28th Foot . In 1829 he purchased a Captaincy. In 1836, as aMajor , he exchanged into the41st Foot . In 1842 he was promotedLieutenant-Colonel in the Army, in 1845 he purchased the Lieutenant-Colonelcy of the 41st Foot, and in 1849 he exchanged into the21st Foot . He became Governor ofSt Helena in 1851. He was promotedLieutenant-Colonel in the Army in 1854, by which time he was back in his original regiment, the 44th Foot. In 1857 he exchanged from the14th Foot to the Lieutenant-Colonelcy of the43rd Foot .Governor of New Zealand
In September 1855 he was appointed
Governor of New Zealand , replacing temporary AdministratorRobert Wynyard . His handling of Māori land issues were a contributing factor in the outbreak of theFirst Taranaki War : despite divisions among Waitara Maori over the ownership of land, Browne persisted with the purchase of the disputed Pekapeka block, further inflaming tensions between Maori and English settlers. On March 5, 1860, Browne ordered the military occupation of the land, leading to the outbreak of war 12 days later.The town of Gore in
New Zealand was named after him.Governor of Tasmania
From 1861 until 1868 he was
Governor of Tasmania . He was promotedColonel in the Army in 1864. Australian Dictionary of Biography
last= Amos
first= Helen M.
authorlink=
year=1969
id=A030248b
title= Browne, Sir Thomas Gore (1807 - 1887)
accessdate=2008-05-03 ]Administrator of Bermuda
From September 1870 to April 1871 he was Administrator of Bermuda.
ee also
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First Taranaki War
*New Zealand land wars
*Waitara, New Zealand
*History of New Plymouth Notes
External links
* [http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=1B39 DNZB]
* [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Saint_Helena.htm World statesmen - St. Helena]
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