and Ceylonese to Perak. Sir Frederick Weld was in Taiping again in 1883 where he "inspected everything". He spent time going down the Port Weld railway line, then in the course of construction, "on a truck behind the Engine". He also put into effect plans to build a telegraph line along the road linking Taiping with Province Wellesley. It was nearing completion after which a railway along the same route would be constructed. Later life Weld finally retired from political life in 1887, although he remained active in other fields of work. In 1891, visiting the Straits Settlements once again, he contracted a serious illness, and returned to England. He died in Chideock on 20 July 1891. Places named after Weld Port Weld in Perak, also known in Malay as Kuala Sepetang. Weld Road in Kuala Lumpur was named in 1960. In 1982 it was renamed Jalan Raja Chulan after Raja Chulan, but a 1980s shopping complex on that road retains the name "The Weld". Weld Hill in Kuala Lumpur, subsequently renamed Bukit Makahmah. It is now the site of Menara Maybank. Weld Road and Upper Weld Road in Singapore and Weld Quay in George Town, Penang. Weld Road in Swan View, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Weld Springs, Weld Range and Mount Weld in Western Australia, all named by explorer John Forrest. The Weld River in southwest Western Australia. The Weld Club and Weld Square in Perth. Weld Street in Hobart, Tasmania. Weld Valley and Weld River in Tasmania. Weldborough, a locality in north-east Tasmania. Weld Cone near Ward, South Island, New Zealand. Weld Street in Martinborough, New Zealand, North Island, New Zealand. References Further reading Prime Ministers’ Office (New Zealand) biography Prof. Khoo Kay Kim, (2003) Taiping The Vibrant Years, OFA Desyne (Kuala Lumpur), Cataloguing in National Library of Malaysia, Frederick Weld by Jeanine Graham, 1983, Published by Auckland University Press & Oxford University Press. |- |- |- |- |- Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives New Zealand Roman Catholics Governors of Tasmania Governors of Western Australia People from Bridport Politicians from Dorset New Zealand people of English descent Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George People educated at Stonyhurst College 1823 births 1891 deaths Prime Ministers of New Zealand New Zealand MPs for South Island electorates Colony of Western Australia people Colony of Tasmania people 19th-century New Zealand politicians