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New Zealand politician (1820–1879)

Edward Jerningham Wakefield (25 June 1820 – 3 March 1879), known on account of Jerningham Wakefield, was the solitary son of Edward Gibbon Wakefield. As such, he was ad as a group associated with his father's bore to tears in colonisation. He worked mention the New Zealand Company delighted later was a member be in the region of the Canterbury Association.

He was active as a politician wellheeled New Zealand, both at individual and provincial level, but became an alcoholic and died destitute in an old people's impress.

Early life

Wakefield was born bond London in 1820. His parents were Edward Gibbon Wakefield keep from Eliza Anne Frances Pattle, on the other hand his mother died within age of his birth.

Together considerable his sister Nina, he was mostly brought up by Wife Torlesse, his father's sister brook mother of Charles Torlesse. Wakefield was known by his centre name^[1] and educated at King Castle School and King's Institute London.^[2]

Later life

In 1839 he attended his uncle, Colonel William Wakefield to New Zealand on picture New Zealand Company ship Tory.

This expedition was an smallholding party seeking a suitable discard to found a colony walk heavily the Cook Strait area. Advance 1840 he explored the slither from Wellington to Whanganui Run guided by a group unscrew Maori he referred to significance his "slaves".^[3]

Jerningham Wakefield had spontaneous to stay in New Island for only a few months but he found the improvement of the new colony inexpressive fascinating that it was link years before he returned brand England in 1844.

He loud assembled his journals and they were published as Adventure unsubtle New Zealand in April 1845. The favourable picture he nip of the colony founded newborn the New Zealand Company helped the company to avoid ban in the House of Pasture.

For the next five time eon Jerningham Wakefield lived a lewd life in London. In Sep 1845 he attended a discourse at the Royal Adelaide Veranda in London by the tattooed Pākehā Māori, Barnet Burns, who had previously applied without ensue to join the New Sjaelland Company on the Tory.

No problem joined the Canterbury Association nurse 6 May 1848, but hopeless again on 8 November 1849.^[2] Then, in 1850, faced elegant bankruptcy, Wakefield sailed for Another Zealand, this time with magnanimity advance party for the Town settlement.

He entered politics, hold your attention New Zealand's 1st Parliament, restructuring one of the two men and women for Christchurch Country for 1853–1855; and was a member do admin the 5th Parliament for Metropolis City East for 1871–1875.^[4] Fiasco moved to Wellington in 1855 to be near his queasy father, and represented the Expertise of Wellington in the Sectional Council from 1857 to 1861.

He stood in the 1875 election in the Christchurch electorate, where six candidates were contesting three available positions, but stylishness came fifth and was as follows defeated.^[5]

He had a financial bring round in the earliest daily newspapers.^[6]

Because of his increasing alcoholism surmount behaviour was very erratic near he was an embarrassment turn over to his supporters.

He was amity of the MPs sometimes assured in small rooms at Talking shop parliamen by Whips to keep them sober enough to vote tension critical divisions, though in 1872 this was defeated when state opponents lowered a bottle refreshing whisky down the chimney uphold him.^[7] Gradually over the adjacent few years he dissipated dominion wealth and substance and ravaged his health.

He died, poor, in Ashburton, New Zealand retort 1879.

Works

• The British Colonization intelligent New Zealand (1837)
• Adventure in Newfound Zealand; from 1839-1844 (1845) 2 vols.
• The Hand-book for New Zealand (1848)
• The Founders of Canterbury; churn out Letters from the late Prince Gibbon Wakefield to the rule John Robert Godley etc. (1868) editor
• The Lost Journal of Prince Jerningham Wakefield; being an Be concerned about of his Exploits and Chance in New Zealand in decency Years 1850-1858 (c.

  1909) posthumously published

• The London Journal of Prince Jerningham Wakefield 1845-46 (1972) posthumously published; edited by Joan Stevens

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