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Edward Baigent (22 June 1813 – 9 November 1892) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from Nelson, New Zealand. He was one of the most successful saw-millers of the region, and his company existed for well over 100 years. ==Family== Edward Baigent was born in 1813 in Windlesham, Surrey, England, and christened on 31 July 1814. His parents were Thomas Baigent (1782–1860) and Jane Nokes (1779–1869). He married Mary Ann Hern at Windlesham, circa 1830.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kiwiadams/2/48122.html )〕 The Baigents and their five children emigrated to Nelson on the ''Clifford'' in May 1842; he was thus one of the earliest settlers in the Nelson region.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.theprow.org.nz/marlborough-nelson-timber-pioneers/ )〕 His son Joseph was born three days after their arrival in the colony and he was only the seventh child to be born in Nelson.〔 His next son, Henry Baigent, later became Mayor of Nelson.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kiwiadams/2/48353.html )〕 After Henry, the Baigents had four more children; eleven in total.〔 They lived in Nelson at first, but settled in Wakefield in 1844.〔 When Baigent first went to the Wakefield area, he reputedly spent the first night sleeping under a large Tōtara tree, the 'Baigent sleeping tree', in what is now Wakefield Recreation Reserve adjacent to State Highway 6.〔 The site is marked with a plaque and his descendants planted a Totara tree there in 1992, 100 years after Baigent's death. Nearby where Eighty Eight Valley Stream flows into the Wai-iti River, the 1.2 hectare Edward Wakefield Reserve was created in 2000. The land was donated to the District Council with a stipulation that overnight camping be allowed.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.tasman.govt.nz/recreation/parks-reserves/park-reserve-locations/edward-baigent-reserve-wakefield/ )〕 Mary Ann Baigent began providing school education at their home in Wakefield in mid-1843, but the school moved to a cob house in November of that year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.wakefield.school.nz/our-school/ )〕 On 1 January 1844, the new school was officially opened, making Wakefield School the oldest continuous school in New Zealand.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= http://www.theprow.org.nz/education-in-nelson/ )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edward Baigent」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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