The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Russell, Lieut.-Col. Andrew Hamilton
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Russell, Lieut.-Col. Andrew Hamilton, sometime Minister for Native Affairs, New Zealand, comes of a Scotch family, and was formerly lieutenant-colonel in the 58th Regiment. Having taken part in the Maori wars, he purchased land in the Hawke's Bay district of New Zealand, and for some time resided in the colony, being for several years a member of the Legislative Council, and from Oct. 1865 to August 1866 Minister for Native Affairs in the Stafford Ministry. He married Miss Eliza Ann Howlett.