SIR GEORGE GREY, X.C B, STATESMAN AND AUTHOR. Captain George Grey arrived in Auckland to take up his first Governorship of New Zealand on November 14, 1845, when he relieved Governor Fxtaroy. He was knighted in recognition of his valuable services to the Crown, and was entrusted! with the drawing up of a new Constitution for ihe colony before leaving New Zealand in 1853. Sir George Grey was re-app ointod Governor in 1861, and completed his second tenure of office in 1888. As a student, Sir George Grey brought all the resources of a deeplycultivated mind to tihe collection and preservation of Polynesian mythology andi folklore, and as an author he made the world richer by the frudt of his labours.

Otago Witness, Issue 2649, 21 December 1904, Page 20 (Supplement)

SIR GEORGE GREY, X.C B , STATESMAN AND AUTHOR. Captain George Grey arrived in Auckland to take up his first Governorship of New Zealand on November 14, 1845, when he relieved Governor Fxtaroy. He was knighted in recognition of his valuable services to the Crown, and was entrusted! with the drawing up of a new Constitution for ihe colony before leaving New Zealand in 1853. Sir George Grey was re-app ointod Governor in 1861, and completed his second tenure of office in 1888. As a student, Sir George Grey brought all the resources of a deeplycultivated mind to tihe collection and preservation of Polynesian mythology andi folklore, and as an author he made the world richer by the frudt of his labours.