Dillon Bell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dillon Bell

New Zealand politician

Date of Birth: 08-Oct-1822

Place of Birth: Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Date of Death: 08-Jul-1898

Profession: politician

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Sir Francis Dillon Bell (8 October 1822 – 15 July 1898) was a New Zealand politician of the late 19th century.
He served as New Zealand's third Minister of Finance (the first parliamentary finance minister), and later as its third Speaker of the House.
The town of Bell Block near New Plymouth – on land Bell bought from the Puketapu iwi in 1849 – is named after him, as is Bell Street, Whanganui.
Bell's son, Francis Henry Dillon Bell, became the first New Zealand born Prime Minister in 1925.