William Pember Reeves (1857–1932) by Howard Coster, 1930s © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Reeves, William Pember (1857–1932), diplomatist and political activist
Michael C. Pugh
Reeves, William Pember (1857–1932), diplomatist and political activist, was born on 10 February 1857 in Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand. He was the second of eight surviving children of William Reeves (1825–1891), businessman, originally of Clapham, and his wife, Ellen (1833–1919), daughter of John Pember...