1. Edmund Storr Halswell, born Edmund Storr Haswell, was an English barrister.
14 Facts About Edmund Halswell
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Edmund Halswell came to New Zealand on behalf of the New Zealand Company and lived there from March 1841 to April 1845, and held some official positions, including commissioner of native reserves and judge.
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Edmund Halswell was the second son of Elizabeth and Henry Haswell of Presteigne in Radnorshire, Wales.
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Edmund Halswell received his education at St John's College of the University of Cambridge, from where he matriculated in 1819, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1827, and a Master of Arts in 1830.
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Edmund Halswell obtained a further degree from Caius College in 1832.
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Edmund Halswell was admitted to the Middle Temple on 2 June 1831 and received a call to the bar on 6 June 1834.
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Edmund Halswell held the rank of Serjeant-at-law and lived at Gore Lodge in Brompton.
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Edmund Halswell was appointed by the New Zealand Company as commissioner of native affairs and arrived in Wellington Harbour on the Lady Nugent on 17 March 1841, with his son accompanying him.
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On 3 May 1841, Edmund Halswell was appointed to the General Legislative Council as one of the country's three senior justices.
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On 24 April 1845, Edmund Halswell attended a farewell function for James Sea, who was to go to New South Wales to become the first manager of the Sydney branch of the Union Bank of Australia.
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Edmund Halswell was one of the founding members of the Canterbury Association; he attended the inaugural meeting on 27 March 1848 and was on the initial committee.
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Edmund Halswell died on 1 January 1874 at Kensington and was buried on 7 January at Holy Trinity Brompton in London.
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Edmund Storr Road is a subdivision street in Halswell that was named in 1999.
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The land was granted to Edmund Halswell and inherited by his son Beaumont Edmund Halswell.