William Crush Daldy was a 19th century captain and New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 politician.

Biography

Daldy was born in 1816 in Rainham

Rainham, London

Rainham is a suburban town in northeast London, England, and part of the London Borough of Havering. Located east of Charing Cross, it is one of the locally important district centres identified in the London Plan and is surrounded by a residential area, which has grown from the historic village,...

, Essex

Essex

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, England. He started going to sea at an early age on ships belonging to his father Samuel Rootsey Daldy. His seafaring first brought him to Auckland in July 1841.

He represented the City of Auckland electorate in the 2nd New Zealand Parliament

2nd New Zealand Parliament

The 2nd New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. It opened on 15 April 1856, following New Zealand's 1855 election. It was dissolved on 5 November 1860 in preparation for 1860–61 election...

 from 1855 to 1860, when he was defeated. He did not serve in any subsequent Parliaments. He was a minister without portfolio

Minister without Portfolio

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 in the government of William Fox

William Fox (New Zealand)

Sir William Fox, KCMG was the second Premier of New Zealand on four occasions in the 19th century, while New Zealand was still a colony. He was known for his eventual support of Māori land rights, his contributions to the education system , and his work to increase New Zealand's autonomy from...

, and was also a member of the Auckland Provincial Council

Auckland Province

The Auckland Province was a province of New Zealand from 1853 until the abolition of provincial government in 1876.-Anniversary Day:...

.

Daldy died in Ponsonby

Ponsonby, New Zealand

Ponsonby is an inner-city suburb of Auckland City located 2 km west of the Auckland CBD, in the North Island of New Zealand. The suburb is oriented along a ridge running north-south, which is followed by the main street of the suburb, Ponsonby Road....

, Auckland, on 5 October 1903.