# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-hobson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:06:29.000Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-hobson"
name: "William Hobson"
slug: "william-hobson"
description: "Captain William Hobson was a Royal Navy officer and colonial administrator who served as the first governor of New Zealand from 1841 to 1842. He was a co-author of the Treaty of Waitangi which he, as Crown representative, and several Maori chiefs signed on 6 February 1840. On 3 May 1840, he proclaimed British sovereignty over New Zealand. He also selected the site for a new capital, which he named Auckland. In May 1841, New Zealand was constituted as a separate Crown colony with Hobson promoted to governor and commander-in-chief. In his final months, Hobson was dogged by poor health which left him detached from political affairs. He died in office in September 1842."
tagline: "First Governor of New Zealand and co-author of the Treaty of Waitangi (1792-1842)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Hobson_portrait_by_James_Ingram_McDonald_1913.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1792-09-26"
deathDate: "1842-09-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             3.329577524273235
  historical:           15.59687333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump