Papers relating to Edward Gibbon Wakefield (1796-1862), the Wakefield family, and to the colonial history of New Zealand 1840-1997

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Papers relating to Edward Gibbon Wakefield (1796-1862), the Wakefield family, and to the colonial history of New Zealand 1840-1997

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Edinburgh University Library

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Wakefield Daniel 1798-1856

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Wakefield, Edward Gibbon, 1796-1862

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English colonial officer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Blois, to M. de La Saussaye, 1844 June 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872425 Born, London, 1796; educated at Westminster School, 1808-1810, Edinburgh high school, 1810-1812; employed by William Hill, envoy to the court of Turin, 1814; made a runaway match with an heiress, Eliza Susan Pattle, 1816; secretary to the under-secretary of the legation, Turin; abducted a Cheshire heiress, 1826 and was...

Taylor, Geoffrey P.

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Edward Gibbon Wakefield was born in London on 20 March 1796, eldest son of Edward Wakefield (1774-1854), philanthropist and statistician, and grandson of merchant Edward Wakefield (1750-1826) and author and philanthropist Priscilla Wakefield (1751-1832). He was the brother of William Hayward Wakefield (1803-1848), and nephew of Daniel Wakefield (1776-1846). Edward Gibbon Wakefield was educated at Westminster School and at Edinburgh's Royal High School. By 1814, he was serving with t...