About Richard Oliver
Lived 1830 – 1910 (aged 79–80). Richard Oliver was a New Zealand politician.
Richard Oliver (21 February 1830 – 27 November 1910) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
Oliver was the son of Robert Oliver, of Penzance, Cornwall, England, and Elizabeth (Fox) his wife, and emigrated to New Zealand.
Oliver married first at Penzance on 18 June 1858, Ellen, daughter of William Purchase; and secondly, at Penzance, on 19 August 1885, Louise d'Este, daughter of J. S. Courtney, of Alverton House, Penzance, and sister of Right Hon. Leonard Courtney, M.P., Chairman of Committees, House of Commons.
He left an estate of £78,975.
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Who was Richard Oliver?
New Zealand politician (1830–1910)
When was Richard Oliver born?
Richard Oliver was born on 21 February 1830 in Penzance.
When did Richard Oliver die?
Richard Oliver died in 1910.
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Richard Oliver was a politician.
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Richard Oliver was New Zealand.
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