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The Right Honourable Sir Francis H. D. Bell, His Life and Times by William Downie Stewart.

Publisher:
Butterworth & Co, 1937, first edition.

Good hardback with no jacket, binding firm, some minor rubbing, bumping, fading and marks, no owner inscriptions, light tanning, foxing to end-papers, to first and last few pages and closed edges, pages very good, minor marks.

Biographical work by William Downie Stewart, documenting the life of Sir Francis Henry Dillon Bell (1851–1936). Bell was an eminent New Zealand statesman, the first NZ-born Prime Minister (briefly in 1925), and a prominent lawyer.Key Details About Sir Francis H. D. Bell (1851–1936):Career: A preeminent lawyer, he served as Crown Solicitor in Wellington and President of the Law Society.Political Roles: He was a key figure in the Reform Party, serving as Attorney-General, Minister of External Affairs, and leader of the Legislative Council.Key Achievement: He is noted for his role as the political sponsor of modern forestry in New Zealand, setting up the State Forest Service in the early 1920s.Legacy: He was recognized as an influential, though often authoritarian, political leader who played a key role in New Zealand's development during WWI.

322 pages, illustrated.

ALL THE PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK.