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BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 510 CiiUocf)* [AJOR-GENERAL ALEXANDER BRUCE TULLOCII, C.B., O.M.G., residing at Woodlands, St. Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, 6. 2nd Septem- ber, 1838, m. 1865, Arabella, daughter of the late Stephen HEF,r,is, of IFalton Bank, Manchester, and Gi'asmcre, co. Westmorland, and has issue, I. Angus Alexander Gregorie, B.A., b. 1867. II. Thomas Gregorie, Lieutenant Royal Artillery, h. 13th July, 1868. in. James Bruce Gregorie, Lieutenant Yorkshire Light Infantry (51st Regiment), b. 2iid Septcmbev, 1870. IV. Sylvester Stephen Gregorie, engineer student, Melbourne University, and Lieutenant Victorian Submarine Miners. V. Richard Murray Gregorie, Cadet 2nd (Victorian) Regiment. I. Annie, d. young at St. Kilda, 22ad July, 1890. Major-General A. B. Tulloch was educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was gazetted Ensign 1st Foot, 23i'd May, 1855 ; lieutenant 30th July, 1857; Captain OGth Foot, 29th March, 1864, 69th Foot, 20th April, 1866; brevet major 1st October, 1877; Major Welsh Regiment, 1st July, 1881 ; brevet lieutenant-colonel, 11th July, 1882, substantive, 4th June, 1883, half pay, 5th November, 1888; colonel in the army, llth July, 1886, substan- tive colonel, 20th September, 1889 (vfith local rank in Victoria, of major- general on the same date). Major-General Tulloch, who has passed through the Staff College (1860), has been employed on several missions by the War OfBce, and has held many appointments on the staff. He wasD.A.Q.M.G. Expedi- tionary Force, China, 2nd June, 1859, to 1st March, 1860; garrison instructor Nova Scotia, 28th June, 1870, to 23ri August, 1873 ; instructor of military sur- vey. Royal Military College, llth February, 1875, to 8th April, 1876 ; U.xV.A. and Q.M.G., Southern District, 1st September, 1877, to 15th June, 1882 ; D. A.A. and Q.M.G., Egypt, 16th June, 1882 ; and A.A. and Q.M.G., Egypt, 10th August, 1882, to 4th October, same year, and on 20th September, 1889, was lent by the War Office to the Victorian Government, to take up the po.st of Commandant Victorian Military Forces, for five years. Major-General Tulloch served in the Crimea after the fall of Sevastopol until the armistice (1855-6) ; was acting engineer in the China War (1859-60) with the gunboat expedition to Heang Shan ; and present at the actions of Sinho and Taugku ; at the occupation of Tientsin, and at the surrender of Pekin (medal with two clasps). In the Egyptian expedition of 1882, he was military staff officer to Admiral Sir Beauchanip Seymour (afterwards Lord Alcester), commaniler-in- chief at the bombardment of the forts at Alexandria ; was afterwards in charge of the Intelligence Department, and as A.A.G. to advance force uiuler Major-General Graham. He was present at the fight at Magfar, the second action of Kassassin, and the battle of Tel-el- Kebir. For these services he was mentioned in despatches on 29th July, 8th September, and 2nd November, 1882, received medal with two clasps, the bronze star, was gazetted brevet lieutenant-colonel, was created C.B., and was given the 3rd class of the order of the Mejidie. Major-General Tulloch was also present with the national forces in the Carlist war in Spain.