Sir George Grey
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Sir George Grey 1812-98, British colonial administrator. He explored the Swan River district in NW Australia (1838) and later was governor of South Australia (1841-45) and of New Zealand (1845-53). As governor of Cape Colony (1854-60), he advocated federation for the South African territories. When war broke out between Maori natives and English settlers, Grey returned to New Zealand as governor (1861-68), but his efforts to end the fighting were fruitless. After brief residence in London he returned to live in New Zealand, where as premier (1877-79) he advocated important social reforms. Polynesian Mythology (1855) is his most important book.
Bibliography: See biography by J. Rutherford (1961).
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