Index

A

• Adderley, C. B. (Lord Norton), drafts New Zealand Constitution under Wakefield's guidance, 328, 330.
• Adelaide, city of, founded, 104.
• Allom, Albert, reminiscences of New Zealand Company, 217, 222; writes down the Art of Colonization from Wakefield's dictation, 280, 281; on Wakefield in New Zealand, 342, 348, 349.
• Allom, Charles, Wakefield's secretary in Canada, 184; saves his life, 233.
• Allom, Mrs, nurses Wakefield in his illness, 233; reconciles him with Frances Wakefield, 335.
• Angas, George Fife, 96; forms a supplementary company for South Australian colonization, 103; his share in the foundation of the colony, 105-107; his misfortunes and ultimate success, 121, note; warns Lord Glenelg of French designs on New Zealand, 151.
• Art of Colonization, 281-285.
• Attwood, Rosabel, friend and correspondent of Nina Wakefield, 111.
• Attwood, Thomas, M.P., 111; meets Wakefield at Malvern, 271.
• Auckland, city of, founded, 219.

B

• Barclay, Robert, of Urie, author of the Apology for Quakerism, an ancestor of Wakefield's, 3.
• Baring, Francis, impressed by Wakefield's evidence on New Zealand, 127; chairman of New Zealand Association, 142.
• Bathurst, Miss, concerned in the Turner affair, 33.
• Batman, John, purchases site of Melbourne from the natives, 126, note.
• Brougham, Henry (Lord Brougham), prosecutes Wakefield for the abduction of Ellen Turner, 31; his animosity to Lord Durham, 165, 166; humiliations inflicted by him on Lord Melbourne's Government, 171.
• Buller, Charles, assists in Wakefield's South Australian project, 93; chief secretary to Lord Durham in Canada, 163; his character and abilities, 164; Chief Commissioner of Canadian Crown Lands, 169; his share in the Durham Report, 178, 179; author of Responsible Government for the Colonies, 180; his motion on New Zealand page 378affairs, 256; negotiates with Sir James Graham, 257; brings the case of the New Zealand Company forward in Parliament, 258; arranges compromise between the Company and the Government, 269; his character of 'Mr Mothercountry,' 287; his death, 294; his speech on systematic colonization reprinted by Wakefield, 295.
• Burney, Mrs D'Arblay, Wakefield's niece; her impression of him, 321-324, 369.
• Byron, Lord, 21, note.

C

• Canterbury Settlement founded, 311
• Cargill, Captain, founder of the Otago settlement, 303.
• Carlyle, Thomas, 249, 265.
• Coates, Dandeson, lay secretary to the Church Missionary Society; his opposition to the New Zealand Association, 136-139.

D

• Darwin, Charles Robert, on the New Zealand missionaries, 135; on transportation to New South Wales, 237.
• Davies, Rev. David, father of Frances Wakefield, 23.
• Dent, Mr, historian of Canada, 185, 186.
• Dilke, Sir Charles, 121, note.
• Disraeli, B., his Vivian Grey compared and contrasted with Wakefield's early writings 24, 25.
• Domett, Alfred, Premier of New Zealand; his character of Arthur Wakefield, 228, note.
• Duncombe, Thomas Slingsby, M.P., his anecdotes of Wakefield in Canada, 174.
• Dunedin, city of, founded, 303.
• Durham, Earl of, becomes a director of the New Zealand Association, 142; his character, 143; at variance with Lord Howick, 144; communications with Colonial Office, 146; becomes chairman of the New Zealand Company, 152; Governor-General of British North America, 161; his qualifications and disqualifications, 163; his choice of advisers, 164; Lord Brougham's animosity to him, 165; letters to Melbourne and Glenelg, 168, 169; his Ordinance respecting the treatment of the rebel prisoners, 170, 171; resigns and returns home, 172; his popularity in Canada, 173; his reception in England, 174; defended by Stuart Mill, 175, 176; his Report on the affairs of Canada, 177-181; tutors his successor, 182; his death and last words, 183.

E

• Egerton, H. E., historian of British colonial policy, 143, 178.
• Eliot, Lord, chairman of New Zealand Committee of 1840, 244.
• Elliot, Mr, Emigration Commissioner, 291.
• Elliotson, Dr, 174, note.
• Ellis, William, writer on colonization, 62, note.
• England and America, 75-78.
• Evans, Dr G. S., 138, 139, 150.

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F

• Fitzgerald, J. E., New Zealand statesman; his character of Godley, 306; his character, 317; forms the first New Zealand responsible ministry, 351; resigns, 354; his generosity towards Wakefield's memory, 357, note.
• Fitzroy, Admiral, appointed Governor of New Zealand, 227; condones massacre of Wairau, 230; failure and recall, 231.
• Flatt, Mr, catechist of the Church Missionary Society, 140.
• Foster, Anthony, on the Wakefield system in South Australia, 122.
• Freeman, Mrs Harold, Wakefield's niece; her reminiscences of his last days, 362-368.
• Fry, Elizabeth, cousin to Wakefield, 12; visits him in prison, 40.

G

• Garran's Australian Atlas, 107.
• Gawler, Colonel, Governor of South Australia, 120.
• Gibbon, Isabella, Edward Gibbon Wakefield's great-grandmother, 3.
• Gipps, Sir George, Governor of New South Wales, his land policy, 219, 220.
• Gisborne, William, New Zealand historian, on Colonel Wakefield, 198; on Sir George Grey's land policy, 277; on E. G. Wakefield, 371.
• Gladstone, Right Hon. W. E., Wakefield's appeal to on New Zealand affairs, 232; on New Zealand Committee of 1840, 248; assists passing of New Zealand Constitution Act, 330; his speech on the subject, 331.
• Glenelg, Lord, his weakness as Colonial Secretary, 134; his opposition to the New Zealand Company, 148; removed from office, 152; prevents Wakefield's receiving an appointment in Canada, 167, 169.
• Godley, John Robert, his antecedents, 272; joins Wakefield in founding the Canterbury Settlement, 305; his character, 306; organises the Canterbury Association, 308; proceeds to New Zealand, 310; Superintendent of the Canterbury Settlement, 311; misunderstanding with Wakefield, 317; returns to England, 334.
• Gouger, Robert, Wakefield's Letter from Sydney published under his name, 60; assists in the foundation of South Australia, 94, 107.
• Grey, Earl (Lord Howick), Under Secretary for the Colonies, 96, 97; his character, 144; misunderstandings with Lord Durham and Wakefield, 145; opposition to New Zealand Association, 149, 150; unsatisfactory interview with Wakefield, 233; scene between him and Wakefield before New Zealand Committee of 1840, 247, 248; drafts report of Committee of 1845, 253, 254; adopts Sir George Grey's views on New Zealand, 273.
• Grey, Sir George, first Governor of South Australia, 121; Governor of New Zealand, 231; prevents the Constitution of 1846 from going into page 380effect, 273; reasons for this step, 274; a benefactor to the native race, 275; his land policy, 276-277; befriends the New Zealand Company, 278; his opinion of Colonel Wakefield, 279; his hostility to the Canterbury Settlement, 313; drafts a constitution for New Zealand, 328; his correspondence with Wakefield, 337-340; appointed Governor of Cape Colony, 341.

H

• Hanson, Sir Richard, Chief Justice of South Australia, on the publication of the Durham Report, 177; on its authorship, 178.
• Head, John, Wakefield's cousin at Ipswich, comforts Wakefield in his imprisonment, and takes him home, 83.
• Heke, New Zealand chief, 231.
• Henslow, Captain, 333.
• Hill, Sir Rowland, secretary to the South Australian Commissioners, 103.
• Hill, William, afterwards Lord Berwick, envoy at Turin, employs Wakefield, 17; his advice to him, 19; his opinion of Mrs Wakefield, 21.
• Hinds, Samuel, Bishop of Norwich, supports the New Zealand Association, 138; advocates the proposal of a bishop for New Zealand, 145; revives the idea of colonization by religious bodies, 299.
• Hobson, Captain, appointed Lieutenant-Governor of New Zealand, 156; arrives in New Zealand, 201; his instructions from Sir George Gipps, 211; concludes Treaty of Waitangi, 212; frustrates French expedition to Akaroa, 214; his injudicious proclamation, 218; founds Auckland, 219; his death, 227.
• Hodder, Edwin, 98, 106.
• Hutt, John, Art of Colonization dedicated to; resigns chairmanship of Canterbury Association, 312.

K

• Kororareka (Russell), town at the Bay of Islands; vigilance committee at, 133; burned by the natives, 231.

L

• Lancaster, Joseph, Edward Wakefield's opinion of, 7, note.
• Leroy-Beaulieu, M., on the Wakefield system, 288-290.
• Letter from Sydney, 58-61.
• Lowe, Robert (Viscount Sherbrooke), opposes New Zealand Constitution Bill, 330.
• Lyttelton, Lord, Wakefield's character of, 306; rescues the Canterbury Settlement from failure, 312; joins in a guarantee to the New Zealand Company, 313; aids in drafting the New Zealand Constitution, 330; Wakefield wishes him to become Governor of New Zealand, 334; his character of Wakefield, 369, 375.

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M

• Martin, Sir William, appointed Chief Justice of New Zealand, 224; on Wakefield's illness, 358.
• Melbourne, Lord, his character, 144; his attitude towards the New Zealand Association, 147, 148; objects to appointments of Turton and Wakefield, 168; weakness of his administration, 171; on the publication of Lord Durham's Report, 177.
• Merivaie, Herman, on the Wakefield system, 71.
• Metcalfe, Sir Charles, Governor-General of Canada, 184; Wakefield's eulogium on him, 186.
• Mill, James, introduced by Edward Wakefield to Francis Place, 7.
• Mill, John Stuart, approves of the Wakefield system, 88; his defence of Lord Durham's conduct in Canada, 174-176; his opinion of Wakefield as a political economist, 263.
• Molesworth, Sir William, an early colonial reformer, 88; chairman of Committee on Transportation, 238; his character, 239; his report, 242; opposes New Zealand Constitution Bill, 330.
• Murray, Sir George, Colonial Secretary, 96.

N

• Nayti, alleged New Zealand chief, 140.
• Nelson, city of, founded, 228.
• Normanby, Marquis of, introduces the South Australian Act into the House of Lords, 100; Colonial Secretary, 152; his conduct towards the New Zealand Association, 153, 156.

O

• Otago settlement founded, 303.

P

• Pakington, Sir John, Colonial Secretary, 331.
• Palmer, Lieutenant-Colonel, South Australian Commissioner, proposes a monument to Wakefield, 123; his anecdote of Wakefield and the Americans, 365.
• Palmerston, Lord, 202.
• Panizzi, Antonio, aids Brougham at the Turner trial, 49.
• Papineau, Canadian rebel leader, 173.
• Peel, Sir Robert, 256, 259, 260.
• Percy, Hon. Algernon, 22, 33, note.
• Place, Francis, his account of Edward Wakefield, 6, 7; his opinion of Edward Gibbon Wakefield, 16-19.
• Punishment of Death in the Metropolis, 53-58.

Q

• Quarterly Review on Lord Durham's mission to Canada, 162; on his Report, 181.

R

• Rangihaiatea, New Zealand chief, 229.
• Rauparaha, New Zealand chief, 229, 230.

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• Reeves, Hon. W. P., Agent-General for New Zealand, on the settlement of New Zealand by the Company, 200, 205; on the Treaty of Waitangi, 214; on the Taranaki settlement, 229; on the Wakefield system in the Canterbury colony, 293.
• Rennie, George, projector of the Otago settlement, 302.
• Rice, Right Hon. T. C. Spring (Lord Monteagle), 99.
• Rintoul, Robert Stephen, editor of the Spectator, one of Wakefield's principal supporters, 88-99; Wakefield's letter to him from New Zealand, 343-348.
• Roebuck, John Arthur, M.P., his opposition to Wakefield, 84, 173, 244.
• Rusden, G. W., New Zealand historian, on New Zealand land sales, 290.
• Russell, Lord John, as Colonial Secretary, 201, 202; concludes an arrangement with the New Zealand Company, 222, 223; resigns, 223; supports the claims of the Company, 255, 256.

S

• Scarlett, Sir James, defends Wakefield at Lancaster Assizes, 31.
• Schmidt, William, Wakefield's servant, 353, 357.
• Selwyn, George Augustus, Bishop of New Zealand, 224, 225, 228, note, 275, 316.
• Sewell, Henry, New Zealand statesman, goes out to New Zealand with Wakefield, 332; his opinion of the colony, 346; enters the Fitzgerald ministry, 351; resigns, 354.
• Shortland, Lieutenant, 218, 228.
• Sidney, Samuel, on the Wakefield system in South Australia, 122.
• Simeon, Sir John, 313.
• Smith, Adam, Wakefield's edition of his Wealth of Nations, 262, 264.
• Somes, Joseph, M.P., succeeds Lord Durham as chairman of the New Zealand Company, 224.
• Spedding, James, reviews report of South Australian Committee in Edinburgh Review, 121, note.
• Stanley, Captain Owen, anticipates the French at Akaroa, 213.
• Stanley, Lord, Colonial Secretary, his hostility to the New Zealand Company, 223, 249, 250, 257; resigns, 260.
• Stephen, Sir James, Under Secretary for the Colonies, 134, 249, 287.
• Stow, J. P., on the Wakefield system in South Australia, 122.
• Swainson, William, appointed Attorney-General of New Zealand, 224; on the first New Zealand Parliament, 355; frustrates the introduction of responsible government, 356.
• Swan River Settlement, failure of, 85-88.
• 'Swing' incendiary fires, 80, 81.

T

• Taylor, Sir Henry, reviews Spedding's article on South Australia Committee, 121, note; his opinion of Lord John Russell as Colonial page 383Secretary, 222, note; on Earl Grey, 232.
• Thierry, Baron de, his claims to land in New Zealand, 151.
• Thomson, C. Poulett (Lord Sydenham), Governor-General of Canada, 182.
• Thomson, Surgeon-Major, his Story of New Zealand, 131; on the earthquake at Wellington, 362, note.
• Titchfield, Marquis of, Wakefield's published letter to, 24.
• Torlesse, Catherine, Wakefield's sister, letters to, 42 and passim.
• Torlesse, Rev. Charles, Wakefield's brother-in-law, 41; letters from Wakefield to, 128, 252.
• Torrens, Colonel, on the Wakefield system, 90; one of the founders of South Australia, 95, 97, 107.
• Turner, Ellen, her abduction, 29-32
• Turton, Sir Thomas. 164.

V

• Vogel, Sir Julius, 293.

W

• Wairau massacre, 229, 230.
• Wakefield, Arthur (brother of Edward Gibbon Wakefield), 128, note; on the colonization of New Zealand, 129; founds settlement of Nelson, 225; Bishop Selwyn and Mr Domett's opinion of him, 228, note; murdered by the natives, 229; eulogised by House of Commons, 252.
• Wakefield, Daniel (brother of Edward Gibbon Wakefield), drafts South Australian Act, 105, judge in New Zealand, 109, note; on his brother Edward Gibbon's illness, 358; resides with him, 362; his death, 365.
• Wakefield, Daniel (uncle of Edward Gibbon Wakefield), 41, note, 111, note.
• Wakefield, Edward (grandfather of Edward Gibbon Wakefield), 3, 4.
• Wakefield, Edward (father of Edward Gibbon Wakefield), birth, 4; marriage and early occupations, 5; his acquaintance with Francis Place, 6-8; his active philanthropy, 9; his work on Ireland, 10, 11; his relations with his son, 14-18; marriage with Frances Davies, 23; seeks a seat in Parliament, 34.
• Wakefield, Edward Gibbon, birth and early education, 13; at Westminster School, 14; obtains diplomatic employment, 15; letter in the Statesman newspaper, 18; elopes with Eliza Susan Pattle, 19-20; marriage, 21; loses his wife, 22; diplomatic appointment at Paris, 23; early political writings, 23-27; his abduction of Ellen Turner, 29-31; sentenced to three years' imprisonment, 32; motive of the abduction, 33, 34; letters from Lancaster Castle, 36, 37; from Newgate, 39-45; his book on The Punishment of Death, 53-58; his Letter from Sydney, 58-61; his system of colonization, 62-73; his description of an Italian girl, 74-75; his England and America, 75-78; his tract on 'Swing,' 80-82; released from prison, page 38483; aids in establishing the Colonization Society, 85; his friendship with Rintoul, 89; promotes the settlement of South Australia, 92-102; the chief founder of the colony, 104-107; death of his daughter Nina, 116-119; projects the colonization of New Zealand, 126-129; his alliance with Lord Durham, 143-144; his misunderstandings with Lord Howick, 145; replies to Mr Dandeson Coates, 147; hastens the despatch of the Tory to New Zealand, 154; his agenda for meeting of the New Zealand Company, 155; adviser of Lord Durham in his Canadian mission, 163; arrives in Canada, 167; his appointment as Commissioner of Crown Lands frustrated by the Colonial Office, 168, 169; Lord Durham's high estimate of his advice, 170; returns to England, 172; sends Lord Durham's Report for publication by the Times, 177; his share in its composition, 178, 179; subsequent visits to Canada, 183; elected to the Canadian legislature, 184; his character of Sir Charles Metcalfe, 186; essay on colonial politics in Fisher's Colonial Magazine, 187-190; his grief at the death of his brother Arthur, 191; drafts instructions for the colonizing expedition to New Zealand, 192; on reserves of land for the benefit of the natives, 209, 210; virtual manager of the New Zealand Company, 224; scheme for Church Endowment in New Zealand, 225, 226; his overtures to Mr Gladstone, 232; quarrel with Earl Grey, and serious illness, 233; organises Committee on Transportation, 238; evidence before Colonial Lands Committee, 243-245; his system approved by South Australian Committee, 245, 246; evidence before New Zealand Committee of 1840, 247; controversies with Lord Stanley, 249-260; memoir on New Zealand affairs, 261; edits The Wealth of Nations, 262-264; Popular Politics, 264; his address to the electors of Birmingham, 265; loses, through illness, his control over the New Zealand Company, 269; resigns his directorship, 270; his portrait painted by subscription, 270; his convalescence at Malvern, 271; acquaintance with J. R. Godley, 272; writes The Art of Colonization at Boulogne, 279, 280; character of the book, 281-285; on colonization by religious bodies, 300, 301; scheme originally proposed by him in 1843, 301, 302; The Founders of Canterbury, 304, 305; his share in the establishment of the Canterbury Settlement, 308; joins in guarantee to the New Zealand Company, 313; estrangement from Godley, 317; on procuring a bishop for the colony, 318; letters to emigrants, 319, 320; his niece, Mrs Burney's, reminiscences of him, 321-324; recollections by Sir Frederick Young, 324-327; founds Colonial Reform Society, 327; aids in drafting the New Zealand Constitution, 328; petitions page 385Parliament in its favour, 332, 333; sails for New Zealand, 333; his farewell letter to Lord Lyttclton, 333, 334; his reconciliation with Frances Wakefield, 335; arrives in New Zealand, 336; his correspondence with Sir George Grey, 337-340; plunges into New Zealand politics, 342; his letter to Rintoul, 343-348; elected to the first New Zealand Parliament, 350; moves a resolution in favour of responsible government, 351; the Governor's confidential adviser, 354; retirement from this position, 356; criticism of his conduct, 357, 358; serious illness, 359, 361; retires into private life, 361; his niece, Mrs Freeman's, reminiscences of his last days, 361-368; his death, 368; his character, 369-372; his services, 373-374; memorial due to him, 375.
• Wakefield, Edward Jerningham (son of Edward Gibbon Wakefield), his birth, 22; goes out to New Zealand, 154; his Adventures in New Zealand, 217; his father's opinion of him, 342, 343; account of his father's illness, 359, 361.
• Wakefield, Eliza Susan (wife of Edward Gibbon Wakefield), elopes with him, 19, 20; Mr Hill's character of her, 21; her death, 22.
• Wakefield, Frances, marriage to Edward Wakefield, 23; tried as an accomplice in the Turner abduction, 31; Wakefield's letters to her from Lancaster Castle, 36, 37; reconciled to him, 335.
• Wakefield, Felix, on the Canterbury Settlement, 315, 316.
• Wakefield, Nina (Susan Priscilla) (daughter of Edward Gibbon Wakefield), her birth, 22; letters on South Australian Colonization, 108-116; illness and death, 116-119.
• Wakefield, Priscilla (grandmother of Edward Gibbon Wakefield), marriage, 3; founder of savings banks, 4; on her grandson, Edward Gibbon, 13, 14; his letter to her from Newgate, 39-42.
• Wakefield, Susan (mother of Edward Gibbon Wakefield), 5.
• Wakefield, William, Colonel (brother of Edward Gibbon Wakefield), assists in the abduction of Ellen Turner, 29; tried and sentenced to three years' imprisonment, 31, 32; military service in Portugal, 129; proceeds to New Zealand as chief agent of the New Zealand Company, 153; his character, 197-199; his extensive land purchases, 203-205; founds Wellington, 217; his account of the Wairau massacre, 229, 230; arranges disputes between the Company and the settlers, 278; his sudden death, 278; Sir George Grey's opinion of him, 279.
• Ward, Sir Henry George, chairman of the Committee on Colonial Lands, 125; moves resolutions on the subject, 221.
• Westminster School, 14.
• Wellington, city of, founded, 217.
• Wellington, Duke of, procures the passage of the South Australian Act, 100; the city of Wellington named after him, 218.
• Whately, Archbishop, 243.page 386
• Williams, Henry, Archdeacon, 212, 275.
• Wynyard, Colonel, Acting Governor of New Zealand, 350, 352, 354, 356.

Y

• Young, Sir Frederick, his reminiscences of Wakefield, 324-327.

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