Historedia
Person

Major-General Pitt

Events
1
Episodes
3
Years
1846–1852

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Major-General Pitt, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. New Zealand Constitution Act 1846 passed

    1846–1852

    Role: Lieutenant-Governor of New Ulster

    1. 1846 · Parliament of the United KingdomPassage of the New Zealand Constitution Act 1846

      The British Parliament passed the New Zealand Constitution Act 1846 to grant self-government to the colony, following a settler campaign.

    2. 1848 · Colony of New ZealandSuspension and Provincial Establishment

      Governor Grey suspended most of the Act but established New Ulster and New Munster provinces, appointing lieutenant-governors in 1848.

    3. 1852 · Parliament at WestminsterSupersession by the 1852 Act

      The 1846 Act remained formally part of the constitution until it was replaced by the New Zealand Constitution Act 1852.

Sources

  1. New Zealand Constitution Act 1846 Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-20