Richard John Seddon (1845 - 1906)

Born 22 Jun 1845 in School Brow, Eccleston, Lancashire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Louisa Jane (Spotswood) Seddon — married 13 Jan 1869 in Trinity Church, Williamstown, Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died 10 Jun 1906 at age 60 in At Sea, on board the Oswestry Grange, on Tasman Sea, on route to New Zealand

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Preceded by 14th Premier John Ballance Preceeded by 17th Minister Joseph Ward Preceeded by 19th Minister Joseph Ward Preceeded by 16th Minister Alfred Cadman Preceeded by 10th Minister William Campbell Walker

Richard Seddon 15th Prime Minister of New Zealand 1893-1906 18th Minister of Justice of New Zealand Jun 16 1896 - Jun 10 1906 20th Minister of Customs of New Zealand 16 Jun 1896 - 29 Oct 1900 17th Minister of Native Affairs of New Zealand 29 Jun 1893 - 21 Dec 1899 11th Minister of Education of New Zealand 22 Jun 1903 - 10 Jun 1906

Succeeded by 16th Prime Minister William Hall Jones Succeeded by 19th Minister William Hall Jones Succeeded by 21st Minister Charles Houghton Mills Succeeded by 18th Minister James Carroll Succeeded by 12th Minister William Hall Jones

Achievements

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• The Right Honourable Richard John Seddon MP PC.
• 15th Prime Minister of New Zealand: 27 April 1893 – 10 June 1906.

Biography

Richard Seddon was born in Lancashire, England.

Richard Seddon is Notable.

This profile is part of the Seddon Name Study.

Richard Seddon lived in Stafford, West Coast, New Zealand.

Richard Seddon lived in Kumara, West Coast, New Zealand.

Richard John Seddon was born in Eccleston, Lancashire, England, on 22 June 1845. His father was Thomas Seddon, headmaster of Eccleston grammar school and his mother was Jane Lindsay (Seddon), a Scot from Annan, Dumfriesshire, and the teacher at the Eccleston denominational school. When she married her school closed. Richard had an elder brother and two sisters; two other siblings died in infancy. The family was brought up in the Anglican Church. Richard John was christened on 13 July 1845 at Christ Church, Eccleston.

Richard Seddon migrated from England to Australia.

In 1863, Richard worked his passage from England to Melbourne, Australia on the Star of England.

He became engaged to Louisa Jane Spotswood around 1865/66 in Melbourne, Australia. They married on 13 Jan 1869 in Trinity Church, Williamstown, Melbourne. Shortly thereafter they sailed for the Waimea gold fileds of Westland, West Coast, New Zealand.

Richard Seddon migrated from Australia to New Zealand.

He had eleven children all born on the West Coast of New Zealand with nine (six daughters and three sons) surviving. Two daughters who died young are buried in the Stafford Cemetery

The Rt. Hon. Richard J. Seddon died suddenly of heart failure on 10 June 1906 while at sea on board the Oswestry Grange. The ship was on its way from Sydney, Australia to Wellington, New Zealand. His wife, a son and a daughter were with him at the time of his passing.

Richard John Seddon's Memorial is located on the original site of Wellington's first Time Service Observatory at the Kinross Street entrance to the Bolton Street Cemetery. Located under the memorial is the Seddon family tomb.

Sources

• http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/keyword/richard-seddon
• David Hamer. 'Seddon, Richard John', from the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 12-Feb-2014 http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/biographies/2s11/seddon-richard-john
• http://www.theatreroyalhotel.co.nz/louisa-janes-room/
• http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=GRA19060612.1.3&e=-------10--1----0marriage+seddon+dick-ARTICLE-| PapersPast, Grey River Argus, 12 Jun 1906.
• Birth Registration: "England & Wales General Register Office", GRO Online Indexes - Birth (accessed 16 February 2023), Seddon, Richard John (Mother's maiden name: Lindsey). GRO Reference: 1845 Jul-Aug-Sep in Prescot Volume 20 Page 813.
• Baptism: listed on Lancashire Online Parish Clerk - Richard John Seddon. Register: Baptisms 1838 - 1880, Page 28, Entry 220. Source: LDS Film 1657566
• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NN6X-C4F : 4 February 2023), Richard John Seddon, 1845.
• "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGYX-CPZ : 12 September 2019), Richard John Saddon in household of Thomas Saddon, Eccleston, Lancashire, England; citing Eccleston, Lancashire, England, p. 2, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
• "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7BX-W38 : 10 September 2020), Richard J Seddon in household of Thomas Seddon, Eccleston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
• Marriage VIC BDM Index SEDDON Richard John married SPOTSWOOD Louisa Jane Reg. year1869 Reg. no272 (Victoria, Australia)

See also:

• Wikipedia: Richard_Seddon
• Wikidata: Item Q559640, en:Wikipedia

Footnotes

• Monarchs: Queen Victoria, King Edward VII.
• Governor: David Boyle, Uchter Knox, William Plunket.
• Preceded by: John Balance.
• Succeeded by: William Hall-Jones.
• Constituencies: Hokitika, Kumara, West Coast.
• Political party: Liberal.
• Religion: Anglican.

Acknowledgments

Danielle Mc Donough created Seddon-91 creating] Seddon-91 on 3 Sep 13.