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He later served as Colonial Treasurer (1856–1859), as Attorney-General (1861–1862), and twice as Minister of Justice.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"7 September 1807","date":"1807-09-07"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q741462#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Newport","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q985594"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q741462#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"14 May 1879","date":"1879-05-14"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q741462#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Cambridge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q350"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q741462#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"New Zealand","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q664"},{"text":"United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q174193"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q741462#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"lawyer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40348"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q741462#P106"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Minister of Justice (13 June 1870 – 30 October 1871)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6866227","start":"1870-06-13","end":"1871-10-30"},{"text":"Attorney-General of New Zealand (24 November 1864 – 16 October 1865)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4818600","start":"1864-11-24","end":"1865-10-16"},{"text":"Attorney-General of New Zealand (23 August 1862 – 1 January 1863)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4818600","start":"1862-08-23","end":"1863-01-01"},{"text":"Attorney-General of New Zealand (2 August 1861 – 6 August 1862)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4818600","start":"1861-08-02","end":"1862-08-06"},{"text":"Minister of Finance (25 February 1859 – 26 April 1859)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6866129","start":"1859-02-25","end":"1859-04-26"},{"text":"Minister of Finance (2 June 1856 – 4 November 1856)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6866129","start":"1856-06-02","end":"1856-11-04"},{"text":"Prime Minister of New Zealand (7 May 1856 – 20 May 1856)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071117","start":"1856-05-07","end":"1856-05-20"},{"text":"Member of the New Zealand Parliament (since 1853)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18145518","start":"1853"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q741462#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Sewell","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q741462"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Henry Sewell born?","a":"Henry Sewell was born on 7 September 1807 in Newport."},{"q":"What positions has Henry Sewell held?","a":"Positions held by Henry Sewell include: Minister of Justice (1870–1871); Attorney-General of New Zealand (1864–1865); Attorney-General of New Zealand (1862–1863); Attorney-General of New Zealand (1861–1862); Minister of Finance (1859–1859)."}],"related":[{"name":"William Hall-Jones","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/william-hall-jones"},{"name":"Gordon Coates","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gordon-coates"},{"name":"Francis Bell","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/francis-bell"},{"name":"Geoffrey Palmer","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/geoffrey-palmer-q1385100"},{"name":"Jack Marshall","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jack-marshall"},{"name":"David Lange","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/david-lange"},{"name":"George Forbes","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/george-forbes"},{"name":"Robert Stout","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/robert-stout"},{"name":"William Fox","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/william-fox"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/henry-sewell-5aba76c71f.jpg","width":500,"height":666,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Photographer unidentified","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_Sewell,_1860_(cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Henry Sewell","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Sewell","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q741462","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q741462","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Henry Sewell, 1860 (cropped).jpg by Photographer unidentified (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_Sewell,_1860_(cropped).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Henry Sewell, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Henry Sewell, 1860 (cropped).jpg — Photographer unidentified, Public domain.","cite":"\"Henry Sewell\". DigiNepal. Last updated 2 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/henry-sewell. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-02T09:02:14Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/henry-sewell","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/henry-sewell","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/henry-sewell?lang=ne"}}