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Edward Wakefield (1845–1924) was the son of Felix Wakefield, one of Edward Gibbon Wakefield’s younger brothers. Edward was born in Launceston, Tasmania, brought up in New Zealand, and educated in France and at King's College London. He married Agnes Hall on 15 July 1874 at Christchurch. She was the daughter of George Williamson Hall, and John Hall was thus her uncle. He was a journalist and then politician in New Zealand, who showed considerable promise, though this was not fulfilled. He was the Member of Parliament for Geraldine 1875–1881, then for Selwyn 1884–1887, when he resigned. He won an against John McLachlan, and was elected unopposed in 1884 general election some five months later. He was a colourful, volatile and ambitious politician. He then concentrated on writing, producing ''New Zealand after Fifty Years'' (1889). Later he moved to America, then London. He died in London, blind, in a Carthusian Charterhouse in 1924. ==References== * (Biography in the 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand ) * The Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Volume 1 part 1 (1897), Wellington: page 82. 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 Wakefield (New Zealand politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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