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Wairau Valley. Occupation (s) Royal Navy, New Zealand Company. Known for. founder of Nelson, New Zealand. Captain Arthur Wakefield (19 November 1799 – 17 June 1843) served with the Royal Navy, before joining his brother, Edward Gibbon Wakefield, in founding the new settlement at Nelson, New Zealand .
30 de mai. de 2022 · Young Arthur Wakefield, who was at the burning of the White House, who freed slaves off the west coast of Africa, is forever wrapped in the flag of the Nelson tradition. Te Rangihaeata, for his repeated challenges to the takeover of his people’s lands will forever hold Te Heketua in his hand.
Learn about the life and death of Arthur Wakefield, a naval officer and brother of Edward Gibbon Wakefield, who led the New Zealand Company settlement in Nelson. Find out how he chose the site, faced the challenges and met his tragic end in the Wairau Affray.
Six-year-old Arthur Wakefield had been taken by his grandmother to witness Nelson’s funeral procession.His coffin was carried up the Thames from Greenwich to Westminster, escorted by scores of small boats and barges; the funeral procession to St Paul’s stretched all the way back to its starting point at the Admiralty.
Arthur Wakefield was a brother of Edward Gibbon Wakefield, the visionary of the New Zealand Company. He led the second settlement of the Company in Nelson in 1841, but faced conflicts with Māori over land surveys and purchases.
2 de mar. de 2009 · Arthur Wakefield was a miner at Frickley and South Elmsall pits all his working life, until the 1984-85 Miners Strike changed things forever. He's been telling us what it was like to be a...
Arthur Wakefield was a member of the famous Cumbrian rugby-playing dynasty. His cousin Sir Wavell Wakefield played for England 31 times, and another cousin Roger played for the British Lions. Wakefield’s father William was president of the Wakefield Bank in Kendal.
