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Nathaniel Edwards (burgess)
Nathaniel Edwards may refer to: *Nathaniel Edwards (politician) (1822–1880), a New Zealand MP *Sir Nathaniel Edwards, 3rd Baronet (c. 1699–1764), of the Edwards baronets *Nat Edwards, American baseball player *Nathaniel Edwards (soccer), Canadian soccer player See also *Nate Edwards (1922–2016), American computer scientist *Weldon Nathaniel Edwards (1788–1873), North Carolina Congressional Representative *Edwards (surname) {{hndis, Edwards, Nathaniel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathaniel Edwards (politician)
Nathaniel Edwards New Zealand Legislative Council, MLC (1822 – 15 July 1880) was a 19th-century Member of parliament, Member of Parliament from Nelson, New Zealand, Nelson, New Zealand. Early life Nathaniel Edwards was born in 1822 in Derbyshire, England. His parents were solicitor William Edwards and his wife Mary Ann (née Allen). He arrived in Nelson in January 1845 on the ''Slams Castle'' from London, England. as partner in the firm of Nattrass and Edwards, along with machinery for a flax-dressing mill. This machinery was set up in the swamps of the Wakapuaka flats, but the experiments proved unsuccessful and ended in 1846. With this failure Edwards was thrown upon his own resources and he worked with surveyors Joseph Ward and Cyrus Goulter in the Wairau. He was still working as a surveyor on 13 September 1855 when he married in Nelson to 20-year-old Annie Augusta Nicholas Laking, daughter of Dr and Mrs Laking of Waimea West. They had 12 children. His eldest son died in Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
