Personal details
Full Name:
- Francis Dart Fenton
Lifetime:
- 1820/1825?–23 Apr 1898
Biography
Francis Fenton
F.D. Fenton is best known as the key architect and long-serving Chief Judge of the Native Land Court.
Read more...Events In History
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30 October 1865Native Land Court createdThe Native Land Court was one of the key products of the 1865 Native Lands Act. It converted traditional communal landholdings into individual titles, making it easier for Pākehā to purchase Māori land. Read more...
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Main image: Francis Dart Fenton, c1870s
Seated portrait of Judge Francis Dart Fenton, circa 1870s.