tween the king of Denmark and the duke of
Savoy. Ambassador to the French court, 1630-1632. =Index=: =Ch= English
ambassador at Paris, 215, 220; commissioner to settle dispute between
Kirke and De Caen, 218. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._

=Wakefield, Edward Gibbon= (1796-1862). Born in London, England.
Educated at Westminster and at Edinburgh. One of the founders of the
National Colonization Society in 1830. In 1838 accompanied Lord Durham
(_q.v._) to Canada as unofficial adviser. Assisted Durham in drawing up
the _Report on the Affairs of British North America_. In 1843 elected to
the Canadian Parliament; at the same time secret adviser to Sir Charles
Metcalfe. Founded the Colonial Reform Society, 1850. In 1853 removed to
New Zealand and became adviser to the acting governor, Colonel Robert
Wynyard. =Index=: =BL= Private adviser to Sir Charles Bagot, 150;
attacked by Tory press, 150; elected for Beauharnois, 177; his views on
colonization, 177; in Canada with Durham, 177-178; his share in the
Report, 178; his land scheme, 178; relations to Bagot and Metcalfe, 178;
attacks La Fontaine-Baldwin party, and defends Metcalfe, 218-220.
=Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._; Garnett, _Edward Gibbon Wakefield_; Dent,
_Last Forty Years_.

=Walcheren Expedition.= =Bk= Failure of, 119.

=Walker, Sir Hovenden= (1660-1726). Born in Somersetshire, England.
Entered the navy; in 1691-1692 captain of the _Vulture_ fireship; in
1695 in command of the _Foresight_, and in 1696, when in charge of
convoy, had a successful action with two French frigates when off the
Lizard; in 1710 rear-admiral, and in 1711 knighted. In command of the
fleet which, in August, 1711, sailed up the St. Lawrence River for the
conquest of Canada. Stormy weather and fog combined to wreck the greater
part of the fleet, and the ships returned to England without meeting the
French. In 1715, either on account of the failure of the Canadian
expedition or on suspicion of being a Jacobite, dismissed from the
British navy. In 1720 published a pamphlet in defence of the abortive
expedition to Canada. =Index=: =WM= Loss of his fleet at Seven Islands,
83. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._

=Walker, Thomas.= =Dr= Magistrate, strong anti-military feeling of, 18;
assault upon, 20; inquiry made into affair without result, 21; certain
persons accused of participation in, 36; complaint carried by Walker to
England, 37; secretary of state's despatch on the subject, 37; accused
parties brought to tri