Sir Edward William Stafford

Sir Edward William Stafford (born April 23, 1819, Edinburgh, Scot.—died Feb. 15, 1901, London, Eng.) was a landowner and statesman who served three times as prime minister of New Zealand (1856–61, 1865–69, 1872). The son of a landed Irish family, Stafford began farming sheep in New Zealand (1843), was elected superintendent of Nelson province (1853) and representative from Nelson to the General Assembly (1855), and formed his first ministry in 1856. During this five-year term...