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Bloomfield, Benjamin, first Baron Bloomfield (1768–1846), army officer and courtier  

H. M. Chichester

revised by Roger T. Stearn

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Bloomfield, Benjamin, first Baron Bloomfield (1768–1846), army officer and courtier, the only son of John Bloomfield, of Newport, co. Tipperary, a lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards, and his wife, Anne (d. 1828), daughter of Samuel Waller, barrister, and sister of Sir Robert Waller, baronet...

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Seru Epenisa Cakobau (1817?–1883), chief of Bau and king of Fiji  

I. C. Campbell

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Seru Epenisa Cakobau (1817?–1883), chief of Bau and king of Fiji, was born on the island of Bau in Fiji, a son of Tanoa Visawaqa (d. 1852) and Savusavu. His earliest known name was Seru; he later became known as Cakobau...

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Siaosi Taufa'ahau Tupou I (1797?–1893), king and unifier of modern Tonga  

I. C. Campbell

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Siaosi Taufa'ahau Tupou I (1797?–1893), king and unifier of modern Tonga, is thought to have been born in 1797 on the island of Lifuka, Ha'apai, Tonga. He was a son of Tupouto'a (d. 1820) (sometime tu'i Kanokupolu or ruling chief of ...

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Sukuna, Josefa Lalabalavu Vaanialialia (1888–1958), chief of Lau and civil servant in Fiji  

I. C. Campbell

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Sukuna, Josefa Lalabalavu Vaanialialia (1888–1958), chief of Lau and civil servant in Fiji, was born on 22 April 1888 in the village of Nanukuloa, Fiji, the eldest son of Ratu Jone Madraiwiwi (1859–1920) and Adi Litiana Maopa. Through his mother he was '...