William Wakefield
Deceased Person
1801 – 1848
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Who was William Wakefield?
William Hayward Wakefield was an English colonel, the leader of the first colonizing expedition to New Zealand and one of the founders of Wellington. In 1826, he married Emily Sidney, a daughter of Sir John Sidney.
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- Born
- Aug 8, 1801
Essex - Siblings
- Nationality
- England
- Lived in
- London
- Died
- Sep 19, 1848
Wellington
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on July 23, 2013
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