Sir Francis Henry Dillon Bell

Sir Francis Henry Dillon Bell (born March 31, 1851, Nelson, N.Z.—died March 13, 1936, Lowry Bay, near Wellington) was a New Zealand lawyer and statesman who had a leading role in the Cabinets of Prime Minister William Ferguson Massey (1912–25). He himself also served for a short time as prime minister of New Zealand (1925). Bell was initially a successful lawyer, and upon entering politics he served three terms as mayor of Wellington, N.Z. During...