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… Barrister-at-law, Attorney-General for New Munster. Daniel Wakefield was born in 1798, the second son of Edward Wakefield (1774–1854) and Susanna, née Crash (d. 1817). He … WAKEFIELD, Daniel …
… (1845–1924). Politician and journalist. A new biography of Wakefield, Edward appears in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. Edward Wakefield was born in 1845 in Tasmania, the son of Felix … WAKEFIELD, Edward …
… (1844–84). Under-Secretary for the Goldfields. Oliver Wakefield was born in 1844 at Launceston, Tasmania, the son of Felix Wakefield. He was educated in London and came to New Zealand … WAKEFIELD, Oliver …
… (1807–75). Engineer, and Canterbury colonist. Felix Wakefield was born in 1807 in Norfolk, the fifth and youngest son of Edward Wakefield (1774–1854) and of Susanna, née Crash (d. 1817). … WAKEFIELD, Felix …
… and a principal founder of New Zealand. A new biography of Wakefield, Edward Gibbon appears in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. Edward Gibbon Wakefield was born in London on 20 March 1796, the eldest … WAKEFIELD, Edward Gibbon …
… explorer, politician, and writer. A new biography of Wakefield, Edward Jerningham appears in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. E. J. Wakefield was the only son and second child (born London, 25 … WAKEFIELD, Edward Jerningham …
… lacking, and the most notable mythic hero is Edward Gibbon Wakefield. In his person imperial destiny, checked by timid … British future, merge harmoniously. In the light of legend Wakefield, in fact a man of sufficient stature to bear the … paupers (as was advocated by Fowell Buxton). In particular, Wakefield and the Colonial Reformers whom he gathered around …
… (1799–1843). New Zealand Company's agent at Nelson. Arthur Wakefield was born on 19 November 1799 at Burnham Wick, Essex, the third son of Edward Wakefield (1774–1854) and of Susanna, née Crash (d. 1817). … WAKEFIELD, Captain Arthur, RN …
… (1803–48). Known as Colonel Wakefield, Principal Agent for the New Zealand Company in New Zealand. William Hayward Wakefield was born in 1803 at Burnham Wick, Essex, the … WAKEFIELD, Lieutenant-Colonel William Hayward …
… a product of the colonising theories of Edward Gibbon Wakefield, was responsible for the founding of settlements at Wellington in 1840 and Nelson in 1841. Wakefield's influence had earlier led to the formation of an … sent a preliminary expedition led by Colonel William Wakefield to purchase land as the site for the first …