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William Hayward Wakefield (1801 – 19 September 1848) was an English colonel, the leader of the first colonising expedition to New Zealand, and one of the founders of Wellington city. As a leader, he attracted much controversy.
- Colonel
- 1832–37, 1839–48 (New Zealand Company)
Colonel William Wakefield was one of the earliest European settlers at Port Nicholson (Wellington), where he served as the New Zealand Company’s Principal Agent between 1840 and 1848. Born in 1803, the young Wakefield and his older brother Edward Gibbon Wakefield were implicated in the abduction of 15-year-old heiress Ellen Turner, a crime ...
William Hayward Wakefield was an English colonel, the leader of the first colonising expedition to New Zealand and one of the founders of Wellington. As a leader, he attracted much controversy.
William Wakefield, 32, was found guilty last month of murdering baby Lincoln Wakefield by shaking him. The sentence handed down today has a minimum non parole period of 14 years and nine...
William Wakefield Baum (Dallas, 21 de novembro de 1926–23 de julho de 2015) foi um cardeal estadunidense e penitencieiro-mor emérito. [1] Curiosidades. O Cardeal Baum, junto com o Cardeal Ratzinger, foi eleitor de 3 Conclaves. Dois em 1978, e um em 2005. [1] Referências
The New Zealand Company Arrives. In 1839 Colonel William Wakefield, brother of Edward Gibbon, led a New Zealand Company party on the Tory to explore suitable locations for the Company’s settlements.
The William Wakefield Memorial, located on the eastern end of the embankment within the perimeter fence of the Basin Reserve, commemorates William Wakefield, a key official of the New Zealand Company and a significant figure in the European colonisation of Wellington, and indeed, New Zealand.
