Dillon Bell
Sir Francis Dillon Bell KCMG CB (8 October 1822 – 15 July 1898) was a New Zealand politician of the late 19th century. He served as New Zealand's third Minister of Finance (the first parliamentary finance minister), and later as its third Speaker of the House. The town of Bell Block near New Plymouth – on land Bell bought from the Puketapu iwi in 1849 – is named after him, as is Bell Street, Whanganui. Bell's son, Francis Henry Dillon Bell, became the first New Zealand born Prime Minister in 1925.
You can find people similar to Dillon Bell by visiting our lists Members of the New Zealand Legislative Council (1841–1853) and Parents of Prime Ministers of New Zealand.
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| Date of birth | 8 October 1822
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| Date of death | 15 July 1898
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