| 词条 | Seymour Thorne George |
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|honorific-prefix = |name = Seymour Thorne George |honorific-suffix = |image = Seymour Thorne George.jpg |alt = |caption = Seymour Thorne George in 1899 |constituency_MP = Hokitika |parliament = New Zealand |majority = 95 (5.68%) |term_start = 26 June 1878 |term_end = 15 August 1879 |predecessor = Charles Button |successor = Robert Reid Richard Seddon |constituency_MP2 = Rodney |parliament2 = New Zealand |majority2 = |term_start2 = 8 September 1879 |term_end2 = 27 June 1885 |predecessor2 = John Sheehan |successor2 = William Pollock Moat |birth_date = 10 October 1851 |birth_place = Somersetshire, England |death_date = 2 July 1922 |death_place = Parnell, New Zealand |restingplace = Purewa Cemetery |restingplacecoordinates = |nationality = |spouse = Annie Maria Matthews (m. 1872) |relatives = |children = |residence = |alma_mater = |occupation = |profession = |cabinet = |committees = |portfolio = |religion = |signature = |signature_alt = }} Seymour Thorne George (10 October 1851 – 2 July 1922) was a New Zealand politician. The premier, Sir George Grey, was his wife's half-uncle and adoptive father, and that relationship resulted in Thorne George representing the South Island electorate of Hokitika despite him being based in the North Island. He later represented the {{NZ electorate link|Rodney}} electorate. Thorne George was later Mayor of Parnell. Early lifeThorne George was from Somersetshire.[1] His father was George Thorne George.[1] He received his education at Cheltenham College in Gloucestershire, England[2] with a view of joining the Royal Engineers, but he had an accident playing soccer, abandoned his studies, and started work as a civil engineer in London.{{sfn|Scholefield|1940|p=291}} Life in New ZealandHis father was a friend of Sir George Grey, who had been Governor of New Zealand and who temporarily returned to England in 1859. On the advice of Grey, Thorne George moved to New Zealand. For some years, he was the estate manager for Grey on Kawau Island.{{sfn|Scholefield|1940|p=291}} On 3 December 1872, he married Annie Maria Matthews (1853–1938),[3] who was the daughter of Sir Godfrey Thomas, the half brother of George Grey.[4] After Thomas' death in 1861, Grey had adopted Annie and had raised her.[5] Political career{{NZ parlbox header|nolist=true|align=right}}{{NZ parlbox|start={{By-election link year|Hokitika|1878}} |end=1879 |electorate={{NZ electorate link|Hokitika}} |term=6th |party=Independent politician }}{{NZ parlbox |start={{NZ election link year|1879}} |end=1881 |electorate={{NZ electorate link|Rodney}} |term=7th |party=Independent politician }}{{NZ parlbox |start={{NZ election link year|1881}} |end=1884 |electorate=Rodney |term=8th |party=Independent politician }}{{NZ parlbox footer}} Grey was very popular with people on the West Coast. After a seat in the House of Representatives became available through a resignation in the Hokitika electorate, a Hokitika man enquired by telegram whether he could recommend a good candidate from outside the area. Sir George replied:[6] My nephew Seymour Thorne George would be glad to represent your district if you sent him a requisition asking him to do so. He was with me when I visited your district in February last. G. Grey Thorne George represented the Hokitika electorate from 1878 by-election to 1879. He then represented the Auckland electorate of Rodney from 1879 to 1884.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=199}} He contested the {{NZ election link|1884}} in the {{NZ electorate link|Parnell}} electorate, but was defeated by the incumbent, Frederick Moss.[7] He was then appointed to the Legislative Council, from 1903 to 1917.{{sfn|Wilson|1985|p=154}} Thorne George was Mayor of Parnell in 1887–1888 and 1891–1892.[4] He died at his home in Parnell on 2 July 1922,[8] and was buried at Purewa Cemetery.[9] References
1. ^{{cite news | title=Obituary | url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19220703.2.20 | accessdate=24 February 2015 | work=Auckland Star | volume=LIII | issue=155 | date=3 July 1922 | page=3}} 2. ^{{cite news|title=Obituary|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP19220704.2.67|accessdate=24 February 2015|work=The Press|volume=LVIII|issue=17497|date=4 July 1922|page=7}} 3. ^1 {{cite news|title=Marriages|url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=DSC18721205.2.7 |accessdate=5 March 2012|work=Daily Southern Cross|volume=XXVIII |issue=4768 |date=5 December 1872|page=2}} 4. ^1 {{cite news|title=Grey family descendants reunite on Kawau |url= http://www.localmatters.co.nz/Mahurangi+Matters/News+-+February+2012/Grey+family+descendants+reunite+on+Kawau.html |accessdate=5 March 2012|work=Local Matters |date=February 2012}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=Sir George Grey 1812-1898 |url= http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/getting-involved/students-and-teachers/field-trips-by-region/george-grey.pdf |publisher =Department of Conservation |accessdate=5 March 2012|format=PDF}} 6. ^{{cite news | url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=WCT18780603.2.6 | title=West Coast Times | work=West Coast Times | date=3 June 1878 | accessdate=23 February 2015 | issue=2860 | page=2}} 7. ^{{cite web |title=The General Election, 1884 |url= http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1884-II.2.2.3.5 |publisher=National Library |accessdate=17 March 2012 |page=1 |year=1884}} 8. ^{{cite news|title=Deaths|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19220704.2.4|accessdate=24 February 2015|work=Auckland Star|volume=LIII|issue=156|date=4 July 1922|page=1}} 9. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.purewa.co.nz/details.asp?id=37181&type=Burial |title=Burial & cremation details |date= |website= |publisher=Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium |accessdate=1 March 2015}}
Richard Seddon }} |-{{s-bef | before = John Sheehan}}{{s-ttl | title = Member of Parliament for Rodney | years=1879–1884}}{{s-aft | after = William Pollock Moat }}{{end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Thorne George, Seymour}} 14 : 1851 births|1922 deaths|Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives|Members of the New Zealand Legislative Council|Mayors of places in New Zealand|Unsuccessful candidates in the 1884 New Zealand general election|Unsuccessful candidates in the 1887 New Zealand general election|People educated at Cheltenham College|Burials at Purewa Cemetery|New Zealand MPs for South Island electorates|New Zealand MPs for North Island electorates|People from Somerset|English emigrants to New Zealand|19th-century New Zealand politicians |
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