Charles Simeon (colonist)
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Captain Charles Simeon was one of the members of the Canterbury Association who emigrated to Canterbury in New Zealand in 1851. The family spent four years in the colony and during this time, he held various important posts and positions. He returned to England in 1855. He was devoted to the Anglican church and three of his sons became priests, while two of his daughters married priests.
Description of the land chosen by Simeon as it appeared in the Lyttelton Times
Captain Simeon's house undergoing earthquake repairs in 2016
William John Warburton Hamilton, who generally signed as J. W. Hamilton, was an administrator, explorer, and politician in New Zealand.
View of the Hanmer Plains, originally called Hamilton Plains
A Māori–English dictionary that appears to have been compiled by Hamilton on board the Bangalore