Jerningham Wakefield

Edward Jerningham Wakefield , known as Jerningham Wakefield, was the only son of Edward Gibbon Wakefield. As such, he was closely associated with his fathers interest in colonisation. He worked for the New Zealand Company and later was a member of the Canterbury Association. He was active as a politician in New Zealand, both at national and provincial level, but became an alcoholic and died penniless in an old peoples home.

Wakefield was born in London in 1820. His parents were Edward Gibbon Wakefield and Eliza Anne Frances Pattle, but his mother died within days of his birth. Together with his sister Nina, he was mostly brought up by Catherine Torlesse, his fathers sister and mother of Charles Torlesse. Wakefield was known by his middle name and educated at Bruce Castle School and Kings College London.

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