Protectors of Aborigines

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Protectors of Aborigines (in chronological order)

George Clarke, Chief Protector 6 April 1840 – 1846

Henry Kemp, Sub-Protector, 1 March 1841–July 1841 and 26 October 1842-1846

Edward Williams, Sub-Protector, April– July 1841

Edmund Halswell, Sub-Protector, Southern Districts, 20 July 1841–November 1842
Thomas Forsaith, Sub-Protector, Auckland, 25 January 1842–1846

Edward Shortland, Sub-Protector, Eastern Districts, August 1845

George Clarke Jr, Sub-Protector, Southern Districts, November 1842 –1846

John Symonds – temporary Sub-Protector, Eastern Districts, 1843-1844

Donald McLean, Sub-Protector, Auckland, Western Districts, 4 March 1843-1846

Henry Clarke, Sub-Protector, Eastern District, August 1845-1846

(Abolished in 1846)