Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe, was a British landowner, barrister, Conservative politician and government minister, and colonial governor. He was Governor-General of New Zealand from 1930 t
Viscount Bledisloe
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The Bledisloe Cup is an annual rugby union competition between the national teams of Australia's Wallabies and New Zealand's All Blacks that has been contested since the 1930s. The frequency that the
Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe
…willingness to use the title "king" without reticence. Bledisloe also promoted various causes and events by the presentation of trophies, notably the Bledisloe Cup, the trophy for an ongoing rugby union competition between New Zealand and Australia, first awarded in 1932, and currently contested annually. He also…
Bledisloe Cup on display in Sydney 2014