VON DADELSZEN, EDWARD JOHN (1845-1922), who was born in Liverpool, was educated in Oxford and in 1859 came to New Zealand in the Red Jacket, in which Sir John Gorst (q.v.) was also a passenger. He was first employed by Bishop Selwyn in printing for the Melanesian mission, and in 1862 became printer and publisher of Gorst's paper Pihoihoi in the King Country. When Maori trouble broke out, von Dadelszen returned to Auckland as a clerk in the post office and in 1864 he joined the Registrar-general's department. He was appointed chief clerk in 1880, deputy registrar-general in 1884, and Registrar-general and statistical officer in 1892. He represented New Zealand at several statistical conferences in Australia. He retired in 1909, and died on 28 May 1922. Von Dadelszen married (1876) Alice Sarah Louise, daughter of William Lotze, of Sydney.

Cycl. N.Z., i (p); Gorst, N.Z. Revisited; N.Z. Chess Book, 1922; Who's Who N.Z., 1908; Evening Post, 31 Mar 1909; N.Z. Times, 14 Apr 1892

Reference: Volume 2, page 213

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