Peerage Record – 16837

     Henry Wain was born in 1937.¹ He was the son of Ruth Constance Petch.¹ He died in 1967 at Wyong, New South Wales, Australia.²

     Maria Young was born on 1 February 1861 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹ She was the daughter of William Mayhew Young and Margaret Christian.² She married Charles Edwards.¹ She died on 13 October 1934 at age 73 at Nukualofa, Tonga^G.¹ She was buried at Fasi Cemetery, Nukualofa, Tonga^G.¹
     Her married name became Edwards.¹ In 1881 she was engaged to a Christian, but it is not clear if she married him.¹ She and Albert Knight were associated between 1881 and 1882 at Pitcairn Island^G.³ In 1890 she traveled to Tonga on the mission ship ‘Pitcairn’ after it visited Pitcairn Island. Maria served as the private nurse to Queen Salote of Tonga, and as midwife at the birth of all the royal princes and princesses.²

     In 1881 he arrived on Pitcairn, a victim of the shipwreck of the Acadia.² Albert Knight and Maria Young were associated between 1881 and 1882 at Pitcairn Island^G.² On 2 July 1882 he was removed from Pitcairn by H.M.S. Sapho. He was enamoured with Maria Young, who was already engaged to a Chriistian. As a result he was banished from the island, and a law was passed prohibiting the settlement of any further strnagers on the island.²

     Charles Edwards was born at Tonga^G.¹ He married Maria Young, daughter of William Mayhew Young and Margaret Christian.²

     William Killigrew is the son of Sir William Killigrew and Mary Hill.¹

     Edwin Charles Edwards was born on 15 November 1901 at Tonga^G.¹ He was the son of Charles Edwards and Maria Young.² He married, firstly, unknown wife (?)¹ He married, secondly, Tokilupe Lavulo after 1926.¹ He died on 8 June 1978 at age 76 at New Zealand^G.¹

     Clive William Edwards was born in 1934 at Tonga^G.¹ He is the son of Edwin Charles Edwards and Tokilupe Lavulo.^2,1
     He was educated at Tonga^G. He graduated from New Zealand^G with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) He practiced law in New Zelaand, before returning to Tonga in 1974 and has been president of the
Tonga Law Society since 1993. At the time of his appointment, Edwards was
one of 61 candidates vying for 9 parliamentary seats in Tonga.² He held the office of Minister of Police and Immigration [Tonga] on 12 January 1996.

     Helena Beatrice Young was born on 22 October 1864 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹ She was the daughter of William Mayhew Young and Margaret Christian.¹

     Robert Southworth Dawson lived at Bradford, Yorkshire, England^G.¹

     Geoffrey Hawkes Dawson is the son of Robert Southworth Dawson.¹ He married Helen Amy Blunt, daughter of Rt. Rev. Alfred Walter Frank Blunt and Margaret Catherine Duke, on 29 August 1942.¹ He and Helen Amy Blunt were divorced in 1948.¹