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]U'RKK'S COI.OMU. LiiiM'UV. 491 John- Dixox, of Knrlls, Cuniberlaiul. M.l'., J. P. mid i) L , higli slicriff, 1838, iiml mayor of Carlisle, 183i) and 18U), clmirniaii of Carlisle Keform Law Leaj^ue. i.26th Oetobor, 1785; «i. 22nd November, 1814, llarv 'J ir- zali, only child of Cajitain Kobert Stohuy, 3 1st. Kegiment (wlu) fougbt in the Amerieaii War of Imlejiendeiu'e. on the Loyalist sidi'), and great-f^reat -^rand-daughter of Juvaii CmusTiAX, of Kwiinrigg Hall, and rf. 1857, leaving issue, I. Petek .Tames, of whom presently. II. Robert Ijtordy. lateof the 9th Laneers, served with his regiment, in India, and <l. iinm. 1892. III. Riehard Ferguson, </. 3rd November, IS-tO. IV. George Hodgson, m. 8th February, 18GJ, Jilla, third daughter of Sir Robert Brisco, Bart., of Crofton Hall, and lias issue, 1. Wastel George Brisco, fought in the llatabele War, h. 1868. 1. JIary Ada Grant. 2. Ella Annie Brisco. 3. Alice Blanche. 4. Daisy Roberta Brisco. 5. Amy Frances Brisco. fi. Constance Mabell Brisco. V. William Giles, d. 1839. I. Mary Sarah, d. 9th February, 1S20. II. Sarah, m. Captain Charles William Thompson, son of Colonel T. Perrou- nett Thompson, and d. in India. III. Jane Eleanor, m. James Robert Grant, son of Sir .Tames Grant (who was present at Waterloo), and had issue. IV. Marv Tirzah, d. 1st April, 1827. y. Elizabeth, d. 182-1. Ti. Henrietta, m. 1st March, 1849, Lieutenant James Faibti.ough, J. P., afterwards Major Royal Westmor- Saniuel Oerrard, Major R..V., h. 5th December, 1849; d. at Sierra Leone, 1894, leaving issue, ril. Maria Rebecca, d. 1832. The eldest son, Pktek James Di.ox, J. P. ot Knells, co. Cumberland, which estate he sold in 1872, and went to reside at Burgh House, Burgh- hy-Sands. m. 18 t3, . ?ie, daughter of George lienry HEWiTX-OLirnAXT, of Broadfield House and Burgli-by-Sands, co. Cumberland, D.L. (see Btrkk's Landed Oentrii, Oi,ii'HAXT-FERGr.si)x), and had issue, I. John Dixon, B.A., Trinity College, Cambridge, h. 1814, educated at Ros- sall School, Lancashire, d. num. 18S4. ir. Gk(>K(ie Hexuv Hewitt, the subject of this memoir. III. Peter James Grant. 4. 18-1.8. IV. Richard Ferguson (Rev.), an Angli- can clergyman in Canada, m. Bessie (widow), diiughter of — Geary, and lias issue one son, who d. young, and two daughters. T. Robert Si ordy, d. 1892. VI. William Ediruuid (Rev.), an Anglican clergyman at Bristol. VII. Charles Lancelot Olipliant, d. an infant. I. Sarah Maria, m. Rev. .Tohn PnELi'.s, vicar of Houghton, and has issue, two sons and two daughters, II. Mary Tirzah, d. young. III. Margaret Giles, m. Rev. Frederick Di.xox, nephew of Abram Dixon, of Cbirkley Court, Leatherhcad, and George Dixon, ILP. for Edgbaston, co. Warwick, and has issue, one son and two daughters. IV. Anne Eleanor. V. Henrietta Georgina, d. young. TI. Augusta Jane. VII. Agnes Maud. land Militia, and had an only son, | Arms — Az. a dove statant proper, in chief two bees volant or a chief of the last thereon three pallets gules. Crest — In front of an anchor in bend sinister -sable, a dexter cubic arm erect proper in the hand an olive branch also proper. Motto — Peace. .SesiWeHce —Carlisle, Alfred Street, North Sydney. 33adi!)OU6c. HTS HONOUR ALFRED PAXTON BACKHOUSE, of Mclita, Eliza- beth Bay, Sydney, New South Wale.s, district court judge, chairman of the quarter sessions, and vice-chancellor of the Sydney University, h. '28th May, 18.51 ; m. 4th February, 1879, Kate Marion, youngest daughter of the late Robert Hills, of AUingtoii, Elizabeth Bay, Sydney, but has no issue. ILincncie. Benjamin Backhouse, of Sydney, by Elizdbcth W'ar.ne, Ills wife, has issue, Ai.i'RKD P..xiox (liis Honour), judge of the district court of New South Wales. Ernest Benjamin. Clarenre Robert. Frank llerljeit. Clive Norman. Maurice. Oscar. Ella Maude (Mrs. McCuUoch).