John Tylston Wicksteed was born on 20 July 1802 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, ENG.
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 He and
Emma Ancilla Barton were married. He died on 15 January 1860, at age 57, in Wanganui aged 58.
12,13 WICKSTEAD
Arrived Wanganui 1841 MSAB
class: cabin
was appointed NZ Coy agent after the first agent Francis LIARDET had an accident and lost use of one eye. CN
aug 1842 appointed trustee for the Taranaki Club JST
travelled from Wellington to New Plymouth in the Brougham arriving 10 may 1842 CCD
travelled to Auckland from New Plymouth on the Victoria 1845 WP
SELWYN met him in New Plymouth oct 28th 1842 NMT
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About John Tylston Wicksteed
Associated with London Spectator and friend of E. J. Wakefield. In December 1849 set off for New Zealand in the London as agent for the Church of England Society to choose 4000 acres of land for them. May 1842 was sent to New Plymouth to take Liardet's place as resident agent. Though he did have troubles with the Maoris he persuaded them to allow an access track to be used from the east of Mt. Egmont towards Wellington. Later took up land at Omata and became editor of the Taranaki Herald. 1852 appointed one of Legislative Council for New Ulster. About 1853 moved to Wanganui, took up land at Kai iwi and became editor for a time of the Wanganui Chronicle.
Source: Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook by Una Platts http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-PlaNine-t1-body-d1-d12...
A biography of John Tylston Wicksteed was written by James Garland Woon and published in his book "Wanganui old settlers" in 1902. It is available online as part of the New Zealand Electronic Text Collection. John Tylston Wicksteed immigrated to ENG to NZ on the London arriving Wellington NZ 12/12/1840 on 13 August 1840.
1 He was a Principal Agent of NZ Coy in New Plymouth to replace LIARDET in 1844.
2