using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using Newtonsoft.Json;

public class Program

{

    public static void Main()

    {

        string json = @"[

        {

            ""People"": [

              {

                ""FirstName"": ""Malcolm"",

                ""LastName"": ""Reynolds""

              },

              {

                ""FirstName"": ""Hoban"",

                ""LastName"": ""Washburne""

              }

            ],

            ""PairDate"": ""1/14/2016""

          }

        ]";

        JsonSerializerSettings settings = new JsonSerializerSettings();

        settings.ObjectCreationHandling = ObjectCreationHandling.Replace;

        var meetingHistory = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<PairHistoryItem>>(json, settings);

        var serialized = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(meetingHistory, Formatting.Indented);

        Console.WriteLine(serialized);

    }

}

​

public class Person

{

    public readonly string FirstName;

    public readonly string LastName;

​

    public List<PairHistoryItem> PairHistory;

​

    public Person(string firstName, string lastName)

    {

        FirstName = firstName;

        LastName = lastName;

    }

}

​

public class PairHistoryItem

{

    [JsonProperty]

    public List<Person> People { get; private set; }

    public DateTime PairDate { get; private set; }

​

    public PairHistoryItem(Person person1, Person person2, DateTime pairDate)

    {

        People = new List<Person> {person1, person2};

        PairDate = pairDate;

    }

}