Henry Balneavis
New Zealand soldier and public servant
About Henry Balneavis
Lived 1819 – 1876 (aged 56–57). Henry Balneavis was a New Zealand.
Henry Colin Balneavis (15 March 1818 – 26 August 1876) was a New Zealand soldier and public servant.
He was born in Ghent, United Kingdom of the Netherlands, the son of Lieutenant-General Henry Balneavis, a British Army officer and colonel commandant of the 65th Regiment. At the age of 19, he was granted a commission in the 58th Regiment, which brought him to New Zealand in 1846. while John Henry's son was Te Raumoa Balneavis.
He contested the 1858 Pensioner Settlements by-election, but was beaten by Captain Symonds. Later he became Sheriff of Auckland as well as returning officer, and was the Italian Consul: as well as English he could also speak Italian, Arabic, Maltese, French, and Māori. At the time of his death he was especially remembered as the first violin of the Choral Society.
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Who was Henry Balneavis?
New Zealand soldier and public servant
When was Henry Balneavis born?
Henry Balneavis was born in 1819.
When did Henry Balneavis die?
Henry Balneavis died on 26 August 1876.
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Henry Balneavis was New Zealand.
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