| Married: March 1826; Gretna Green, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [111] | | Divorced: June 1827 |
Edward Gibbon WAKEFIELD
(1796 - 1862) | Ellen TURNER
(1811 - 1831) | | bd. | 20 March 1796 | | dd. | 16 May 1862, age 66; Wellington, New Zealand | | occ. | UK Colonial Office diplomat | | res. | London, UK
Wellington, New Zealand | | src. | [111] |
| | bd. | 12 Feb 1811 | | dd. | 17 Jan 1831, age 19 | | res. | Shrigley Hall, Pott Shrigley, Macclesfield, Cheshire
Lyme Hall, Disley, Cheshire, UK | | src. | [105],[111] |
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Divorce notes for Edward Gibbon WAKEFIELD and Ellen TURNER Annulled by Act of Parliament. [111]
Notes for Edward Gibbon WAKEFIELD Despite abducting and marrying Ellen Turner, and being jailed for that,
Wakefield went on to enjoy a successful diplomatic career in New Zealand.
On his death a marble bust was presented to the Colonial Office, inscribed
"Edward Gibbon Wakefield / Born in London 20th March 1796 / Died in
Wellington (N.Z.) 16th May 1862 / Author of 'The Art of Colonisation' / To
Commemorate / His Statesman Like Qualities / For the Improvement / Of the
Empire / His Friends and Admirers / Have Presented this Bust / To The
Colonial Office". [111]
Notes for Ellen TURNER She was infamously abducted from boarding school, aged 15, and taken to Gretna Green for illicit marriage by Edward Gibbon WAKEFIELD in a ludicrous plot to secure her wealth. [105],[111]
Sources | 105. | Book, Bridget Franklin, 17 June 2016, The Gaskells of Ingersley Hall |
| 111. | Book, Abby Ashby & Audrey Jones, 2003, The Shrigley Abduction, Sutton Publishing |
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