Walter Mantell

Walter Mantell
Mantell in c.1870
3rd Minister of Māori Affairs
In office
July 1861  December 1861
Prime MinisterWilliam Fox
In office
December 1864  July 1865
Prime MinisterFrederick Weld
Postmaster-General
In office
August 1862  August 1862
Prime MinisterAlfred Domett
Member of the New Zealand Parliament
for Wallace
In office
1861–1866
Personal details
Born
Walter Baldock Durrant Mantell

(1820-03-11)11 March 1820
Lewes, Sussex, England
Died7 September 1895(1895-09-07) (aged 75)
Wellington, New Zealand
Spouses
Mary Sarah Prince
(m. 1869; died 1873)
    Jane Hardwick
    (m. 1876)
    RelationsGideon Mantell (father)
    Mary Ann Mantell (mother)

    Walter Baldock Durrant Mantell (11 March 1820 – 7 September 1895) was a 19th-century New Zealand naturalist, politician, and land purchase commissioner. He was a founder and first secretary of the New Zealand Institute, and a collector of moa remains.