George Clarke (Snr)

George Clarke (Senior) (1798-1875) arrived in the Bay of Islands on La Coquille on 4 April, 1824 and worked as a teacher among the Māori community as a CMS Missionary. He was made Chief Protector of Māori in 1840 after the signing of Te tiriti o Waitangi, until this role was abolished by Governor Grey in 1846, whereupon he returned to the Bay of Islands.

The files listed below are taken from Transcripts held by the Hocken library. 

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