THE NEW GOVERNOR.
SI I? .JOHN' DICKSOX-POYXDER. S(' C'C KSSOI: TO 1,01! D PL (IN K IST [PEH PIIKSS association >3 W.IOLMNGTOX, April 12. Sir Jolm Diekson-Poynder succeeds Lord Plunket as (Governor of New Zealand. [Sir John Dielvson-Poynder, Sixth Haronet, Conservative 4 M.P. for Chippenham since 1 Bs>iJ, was l>oni ill IHliii. Ho niarriwl Anne, the daughter of the Second Maron Napier (il in 18!)(i. He assumed the natne of Poynder on his sncoes.sioin to a maternal uncle's property in 1881. He is a Major in the Wilts Yeomanry, having served in the South African war, where lit* secured the Queen's medal with three clasps. Sir .John lias no heir.]
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 April 1910, Page 3
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110THE NEW GOVERNOR. Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 April 1910, Page 3
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