Son of Hoani Wiremu Kingi; accompanied Rev Richard Taylor and his wife Caroline Taylor to England, 1867-1871, and died there. Taylor was hoping George would train as a minister of religion. He learned to play the piano while in England and 'some of his etchings in pen and ink were really well done'. Over the winter of 1870-71 he stayed with the Taylors at Portchester (near Portsmouth) where Mary Medley (née Taylor) and her husband Spencer, who was in the Royal Navy, were living. While staying at Litcombe Regis, George (Hori) took ill and died on 29 June 1871. He is buried in the churchyard at St Andrew's, Litcombe Regis, near Wantage, Oxford. The headstone, some 7 feet tall, reads 'Sacred to the memory of George King Hipango, a Maori chief from Wanganui, New Zealand. Died June 29th 1891, aged 19 years. Beneath this ancient yew tree's shade / A young New Zealand chief is laid / From and [sic] kindred far away /The Saviour was his strength and stay / Revealed to him His precious love / And led him to the realms above' (Information from Randall Springer, Wanganui, from the diary of Richard Taylor, pers. comm and letter AT13/14/1, 4 December 1992 - copy in Artists' file)
Hipango, Hori Kingi, 1852-1871
Taylor, Mary Caroline 1803-1884 : Diaries
Date: Jul 1867-Jan 1870, Jun-Nov 1871
By: Taylor, Mary Caroline, 1803-1884
Reference: MS-Papers-4407
Description: Diaries kept by Mary Caroline Taylor while the Taylors were visiting England, 1867-1871, largely while the Rev R Taylor was preparing his second book for publication. She recorded their daily activities and the people they met, especially focusing on family affairs and concerns. She also describes their voyage back to NZ on the `Shannon' to Melbourne, by the `Tararua' to Port Chalmers and then by a variety of transport back to Wanganui. Quantity: 2 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph (photocopies)
Taylor, Mary Caroline 1803-1884 : Diary / transcribed by Randal Springer
Date: 10 Jul 1867-31 Jan 1870, 1 Jun-22 Nov 1871
By: Taylor, Mary Caroline, 1803-1884
Reference: MS-Papers-5592
Description: Diary entries from the Taylors' arrival in England in July 1867 to 31 Jan 1870, and 1 June 1871 until their return to New Zealand in November of the same year. Mrs Taylor records their daily activities and the people they met, especially family affairs and concerns. An account of their voyage back to NZ on the `Shannon' to Melbourne, by the `Tararua' to Port Chalmers and then by a variety of transport back to Wanganui. Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - The Library received photocopies of the originals of these two diaries which Springer has not transcribed; the Taylors's journey to England was largely for Rev R Taylor to prepare his second book for publication. See photocopy of original of these diaries at MS-Papers-4407 Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)
Hipango, George Kingi, 1852-1871 :Dash and Fan are at play. Porchester [Late 1870 or ea...
Date: 1870 - 1871
From: Taylor, Richard 1805-1873 :Sketchbook. [Loose sketches from E-296-q]. 1835-1860.
By: Hipango, Hori Kingi, 1852-1871
Reference: E-296-q-189
Description: A spaniel and a whippet playing together near a kennel. The artist, aged 18 or 19, was staying at Porchester with Rev. Richard Taylor and his family in the winter of 1870-1871. The dogs are likely to be those of Mary Medley, Taylor's daughter, in whose house Hipango was staying. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen & ink, 89 x 110 mm