facto head of the ministry. However, they failed to survive an early vote of no confidence, and New Zealand's second government collapsed on 2 September 1854. In the remaining two weeks of the Assembly's life they managed to pass some useful legislation before they were dismissed and new elections called. Wakefield held two election meetings for his constituents in the Hutt Valley, which were well received. A third meeting was scheduled but never happened. On the night of 5 December 1855, Wakefield fell ill with rheumatic fever and neuralgia. He retired to his house in Wellington. He retired from the Hutt seat on 15 September 1855 and retired from all political activity, making no more public appearances. He lived for another seven years, but his political life was over. Legacy He is mentioned and criticised in Chapter 33 of Karl Marx's Das Kapital (Volume 1) and similarly in Henry George's How to Help the Unemployed. By the turn of the twenty-first century, the direct descendants of the Wakefield family left in New Zealand were William Wakefield Lawrence Clague resident in Kapiti, and descendants of Edward's sister Catherine Gurney Wakefield who married Charles Torlesse. A great-great-nephew of William and Edward Gibbon Wakefield, William Clague, is the great-great-grandson of John Howard Wakefield, one of the original brothers. John Howard Wakefield spent most of his life in India, ending his days back in England unlike his two better-known siblings. Some Wellington Councillors have called for Wakefield monuments to be removed. The Wakefield River, a river north of Adelaide, was named after Wakefield in 1839. This later led to the naming of Port Wakefield, and Wakefield Street, Adelaide, was also named after him by the street-naming committee. Bibliography How to Help the Unemployed, by Henry George in The North American Review, Volume 158, Issue 447, February 1894. Adventure in New Zealand by Edward Jerningham Wakefield, John Murray, 1845 An Account of the Settlements of the New Zealand Company by The Hon HW Petre, Smith, Elder and Co, 1842. A View of the Art of Colonization by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, 1849. The Modern Theory of Colonisation last chapter in Karl Marx's Capital, Vol I focused on Wakefield's theory. Facts Relating to the Punishment of Death in the Metropolis by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, James Ridgway, 1831. Notes Further reading Ashby, Abby and Audrey Jones. The Shrigley Abduction by 2003 Burns, Patricia. Fatal Success: A History of