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Victor Alexander Herbert Huia Onslow, younger son of the 4th Earl of Onslow, was born on November 13th, 1890, in Government House, Wellington, New Zealand, where his father was then Governor. To commemorate the place of his birth he was given the Maori name of Huia, by which he was known throughout his life. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. At the University he studied Natural Science and, later, Mechanical Science, his intention being to qualify for the Parliamentary Bar, but during a mountaineering holiday in the Tyrol, he met with an