Frederick Weld

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The Honourable Sir Frederick Weld GCMG
Sir Frederick Weld, date unknown
6th Premier of New Zealand
In office 24 November 1864 – 16 October 1865
Monarch	Victoria
Governor	George Grey
Preceded by	Frederick Whitaker
Succeeded by	Edward Stafford
Constituency	Wairau, Cheviot
8th Governor of Western Australia
In office 30 September 1869 – 13 January 1875
Monarch	Victoria
Preceded by	Benjamin Pine
Succeeded by	William C. F. Robinson
4th Governor of Tasmania
In office 13 January 1875 – 5 April 1880
Monarch	Victoria
Preceded by	Charles Du Cane
Succeeded by	George Strahan
12th Governor of the Straits Settlements
In office 16 May 1880 – 17 October 1887
Monarch	Queen Victoria
Colonial Secretary	James W. W. Birch Thomas Braddell
Preceded by	William C. F. Robinson
Succeeded by	Cecil Clementi Smith
Personal details
Born	(1823-05-09)9 May 1823 Bridport, Dorset, England
Died	20 July 1891(1891-07-20) (aged 68) Chideock, Dorset, England
Political party	None
Spouse	Filumena Mary Anne Lisle Phillipps (m. 1859)
Children	13
Parent(s)	Humphrey Weld Christina Maria Clifford
Education	Stonyhurst College
Alma mater	University of Fribourg
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Sir Frederick Aloysius Weld GCMG (9 May 1823 – 20 July 1891), was an English-born New Zealand politician and colonial administrator of various British colonies and territories located in Oceania and Southeast Asia. He was the sixth Prime Minister of New Zealand, and later served as Governor of Western Australia, Governor of Tasmania, and Governor of the Straits Settlements.