Governor of New Zealand 1879-1880. Created 1st Baron Rosmead 1896. Born in Ireland, second son of Admiral Hercules Robinson and Frances Elizabeth Wood. Married Nea Arthur Ada Rose D'Amour in 1846. Began his colonial service in 1854 in the West Indies. Knighted in 1859. Promoted to governor of Hong Kong, and from 1865 served as governor of Ceylon. Governor of New South Wales, 1872-1879. [Source: The Governors. New Zealand's Governors & Governors-General. G McLean. Dunedin 2006, pp 91-93]
Rosmead, Hercules George Robert Robinson, Baron, 1824-1897
Robinson, Hercules George Robert (Sir), 1824-1897
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General correspondence
Date: 1871-1880
From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
By: Stanmore, Arthur Charles Hamilton Gordon, Baron, 1829-1912
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1636
Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).
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Miscellaneous manuscripts
Date: [ca 1800s-1900s]
From: General Assembly Library : Miscellaneous manuscripts
Reference: MS-Papers-10077-1
Description: Includes a typescript of ‘Journal of a journey from Nelson to the Port Cooper Plains’ (1850-1851) by Edward James Lee, and a typescript of ‘Wakapapa [sic] of Joseph Robinson with explanatory notes, etc’ (1940). Also included is a brief biography of Dr William Chapman, an early physician in Christchurch and a notice of indenture relating to Edward Corner, draper (1837). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Processing information: Description updated 12 July 2023 following information from a researcher.
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Plummer, Edwin, fl 1879-1880 : Letters of recommendation and other papers
Date: 1879-1906, n d
By: Plummer, Edwin, -1891
Reference: MS-Papers-9951
Description: Comprises letters of reference for Plummer from Government House (1879-1880); and for George Mee (1882); permit for Mee to import opium (1906); copy of regulations re opium (1901); letter re Mee's application to Govt House (nd); and envelopes for Mee and Plummer Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (9 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and printed matter
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Correspondence of Lady Gordon and Lady Ryan
Date: 1875-1876
From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1633
Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).
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Correspondence MSS 44225 (continued) - 44238
Date: 1840-1883
From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2232
Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).
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Governors and Administrators of New Zealand 1840-1914
Date: 1914
From: Bell family: Collection
By: Schmidt Studios
Reference: PAColl-10699-17
Description: Black and white photographic print, oval portraits of 20 male subjects, based on historical portraits, by Schmidt Studios, inscribed "The Compliments of the Season" on mount. Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Black and white photographic print mounted on embossed studio mount, 18.6 x 13.8 cm (31.7 x 24 cm).
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AFCM album 1
From: AFCM :Six albums containing newspaper and magazine clippings, and some original photographs
By: Abraham, Caroline Harriet, 1809?-1877
Reference: PA1-f-001
Description: History of early New Zealand with photographs, newspaper and magazine cuttings. Mostly portraits of administrators, and governors. Includes information on the Treaty of Waitangi and the Wairau Affray, with a facsimile of the letter of condolence to the inhabitants of Nelson in New Munster from the Mayor, Alderman, Town Councillors and undersigned inhabitants of the Borough of Wellington. Copies of photographs of Parliament Buildings, including the buildings in Auckland used until 1865, the first building in Molesworth St., Wellington, and Parliament Buildings before the fire in 1907. Also one page devoted to New Zealand's first Labour Ministry with Michael Savage as Prime Minister. Album also includes fold-out panorama of St. John's College, Tamaki, Auckland. This is a copy of a lithograph by Mrs Caroline Harriet Abraham, which she possibly copied from a sketch by John Greenwood from his diary in 1851. (See Record at Ref. no. A-220-008, held in Drawings and Prints).
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Correspondence
Date: 7 Oct-11 Dec 1879
From: Richmond-Atkinson family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-4298-084
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
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Inward correspondence
Date: 1879-1881
From: Atkinson, Harry Albert (Sir), 1831-1892 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0091-013A
Description: Identifiable correspondents entered in name field Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory available.
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Sir Hercules Robinson
Date: [ca 1880]
From: Schmidt, Herman John, 1872-1959 :Portrait and landscape negatives, Auckland district
Reference: 1/2-004962-F
Description: Studio portrait of Sir Hercules Robinson, Governor of New Zealand, taken ca 1879-1880 by either Charles Hemus or John Robert Hanna of Hemus & Hanna. Other Titles - Governor Robinson Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - right of image - Governor Robinson Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Wet plate glass negative
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Correspondence MSS 44543 - 44548, Official papers MSS 44563 - 44616
Date: 1874-1886, 1844-1871
From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2239
Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).
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Bowen, George Ferguson (Sir), 1821-1899 : Cutting Book
Date: 1868-1878
From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1920
Description: Cutting book kept by Sir George Bowen in New Zealand and Victoria. There is an index and annotations by Bowen, but the cuttings are mainly undated Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
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Gloucestershire Record Office : Miscellaneous collections
Date: 1771-1950
From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2290
Description: Selected records of Bisley, Dursley and Dymock Parishes, and selections of private records. relevant to Australia and New Zealand Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, AJCP, 1990
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Wedderburn, David (Sir), 1835-1882 : Diaries
Date: 1874-1875
From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
By: Wedderburn, David (Sir), 3rd Baronet, 1835-1882
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1968
Description: Very detailed diaries from 1 Apr 1874 to 19 Jan 1875 (volumes 4 and 5) describing voyage to Australia and travels there and in New Zealand., Describes his arrival in Auckland in Oct 1874 and his extensive travels through the North and South Islands, giving his impressions of places visited, his meeting with Sir George Grey, Anglo-Maori relations, and on Maori character culture and future; meetings with Von Haast, Rolleston and James Hector; New Zealand birds and wildlife; the Western and southern goldfields. A description of his movements in Australia may be found in the inventory. Also, a typescript account of the life of Sir David Wedderburn, by D A Percival. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, AJCP
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Cambridge University Library : Roth, George Kingsley Papers
Date: 1796-1959
From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2780-2793
Description: Comprises papers, files, correspondence and reports dealing with Fijian anthropology and administration. Includes material on history and myth, social life and consepts, as well as replies to questionnaires on material culture. Also records of the Cession of Fiji, and papers on early Native Administration. Includes photographs and articles on Fijian culture. Quantity: 14 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.