ID Number107963
NameWAKEFIELD Edward Gibbon
Family NameWAKEFIELD
Plot3317
CemeteryChurch of England
StatusExisting Grave
Location on the Modern Grid MapL15 03
Inscription on TombstoneEdward Gibbon WAKEFIELD, died 16 May 1862, aged 66. A founder of the colonies of New Zealand and South Australia. Author of the system of colonisation which bears his name. Personal adviser to Lord Durham, Governor-General of Canada 1838. Elected to the Canadian Lower House of Assembly in 1842. Founded New Zealand Association and New Zealand Land Company. Organized preliminary expedition to establish settlements. Arrived in New Zealand in 1853 and elected member of Provincial Council of Wellington and of the General Assembly. "The utmost happiness God vouchsafes to man on earth - the realization of his own idea". E.G.W.
Description of GraveThe original Wakefield memorials are in the Bolton Street Cemetery Museum on Bolton Street. The family grave was updated many years ago. The large plot has four headstones laid flat, and surrounded by high iron railings painted grey.
Date of Death or Burial*16 May, 1862
Public Cemetery Register Number
Type of Record Burial
Age66
SexMale
BiographyBiography available at http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb "Dictionary of New Zealand Biography"