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Born April 14, 1812 • Lisbon • Portugal
Died September 19, 1898 (aged 86) • London • England
Title / Office prime minister (1877-1879), New Zealand • governor (1854-1859), Cape Colony

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Peter Fraser
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Sir Walter Nash, 1966
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prime minister of New Zealand