SummaryCaptain Hannibal Marks of Penzance, Cornwall, arrived in 1841.
His hobby was carving. An example of his work is a carved wooden clock / chronometer, which remains in the family.
In 1863 he was in charge of HMS Sandfly and landed the First Waikato Regiment in Auckland.
He fought with them in Maketū as a private.
He ferried Governor George Grey back to Auckland from Tauranga.
Ship Regina was wrecked in Nov 1841 after he'd already left the ship.
He was Tauranga's first government-appointed Habourmaster, in 1874.
Restored portrait of Hannibal Marks with original inset. Courtesy John Marks and the Tauranga Historical Society June 2014 blog
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