Edward Jerningham Wakefield (1820 – 1879)

Edward Jerningham Wakefield (1820 – 1879)   Died of alcoholism      Place of Death: Ashburton, Canterbury * Son of Edward Gibbon Wakefield – the Father of New Zealand – owner of The New Zealand Company and The Canterbury Association. * Cousin to the New Zealand Company/Canterbury Association surveyor Charles Orbin Torlesse. * 1848 – 1849 …