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6i.r. JJTKKK'S COI.OMAL CKXTKV. ■iLinrnar. JOH Ja^ies, of n Shropshire family, w. in 1794, Mary Matthews, luitl had issue a son, -Hev. William Joiix .Iames, M.A. Cani- bridfje, inenn^bont of Clive, co. Salop, m. 1828, Elizabeth Hill KvANS, a descendant marern- ally of the ancient family of Hill, of Court of Hill and .•ileaston Manor, Shropshire. She rf. 27th June, 1872. He d. 14th December, 18tJ2, having hud issue, I. Edwin Matthews, M.E.C.S., L.S.A., of whom above. II. William Hill (Lieutenant-Colonel), J. P. for Middlesex and London, Lieu- tenant-Colonel, late of the 31st, Hunt- ingdonshire Regiment. He served as adjutant of the 31st Regiment through- out the campaign in the novtli of China in 18()U, being present at the action of Siuho and storming of Tangku (medal and clasp) ; served also during the operations against the Taepings in the Ticinitv of Shanghai, in A pril and May. 181)2, which resulted in the capture of the stockade at Kanhsiang, taking by Hesidencea — Belgrave Mansions, S.W.; an Cttih.s — Junior Carlton, London; and the esc ilade of the walled cities of Kadin, 'J'sinpoo, I'solin, and foitified town of Najow, and the affair at Nanhsiang. He m. 21st July, 1881, Frances Catherine, daughter of John Akk- WEIGHT, of Hampton Court, Leomins- ter, CO. Hereford, J. P., high sheriff 1831 (see Aekwkight, of Uumpiun Court, in BrKKE's Landed Geiitrji), by Sarah, his wife, eldest surviving daughter of Sir Hungerford HoSKTNS, liart., of Harewood ; but has no issue. Licutenant'Colonel James is an Asses- sor under the Clergy Discipline Act, and a Judicial Authority under the Lunacy Act for London. {Clubs — United Service, Junior Carlton, and Army and Navy.) 1. Frances Elizabeth- m. her cousin, the KcT. George IV esse Claiik, B.A., rector of Saxelbye, eo. Leicester, grandson of George Nesse Hill, of Alcaston Manor, Salop. He d. s. p. 27th September, 1879. d .Alcaston House, Melbourne, Victoria. Melbourne^ Victoria. %.tiX(^}K AUGUSTUS HENRY TRAZER LEFROY, of Toronto, Canada, bamster- at-law, of the Inner Temple, London, and of Osgoode Hall, Toronto, M.A. Oxford University, 6. 21st June, 1852 ; m. 22nd September, 1884, Mary Theodora, daughter of Henry Seton Stbathy, general manager of the Traders Bank of Canada, and grand-daughter of John Wetenhall, of Durham, England, by Elizabeth, his wife, who was descended from Richard Hale, of King's Walden, founder of Hale's Grammar School, Herts, England, and has issue, I. Henry Chichele, 6. 23rd July, 1890. II. Langlois Dundas, h. 16th June, 1892. Utiunctc. The Lefroys are of Flemish extraction, and emigrated to Elngland in the time of the Duke of Alva's persecutions. The first who settled in that country was Anthony Le- IROY' (Antiioine Lofiroy), in 1559. His descendant, Thomas Lefroy, of Canterbury, m. Phoebe, I. 1679, daughter of Thomas Thomson, of Kenfield, of Phoebe his wife, daughter of William Hammond, of St. Alban's Court, Kent, and by her (who d. 1761) had a son, Anthony Iefeoy', of Leghorn, m. Eliza- beth, sisterof Benjamin Langlois M. P. .many years Lender Secretary of State, and had (with one daughter, I'hcebe, m. to an Italian noble- man, Del Medico Staffeti, Count di Car- rara) two sons, Anthony, Lieutenant-Colonel 9t!i Light Dragoons, m. loth November, 17lJ5, Anne Gardiner, and d. 8th Sep- tember, 1819, having had issue, 1. Thomas (The Right Hon.), LL.D., of Carrig-glas Manor, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, h. 1776 ; w. 1799, Mary, only daughter and heir of Jelf'ry Pavl, of Silver spring, CO. Wexford, member of the younger branch of the f.amily of Sir Robert Paul, Bart., and had issue, (1) Anthony, of Carrig-glas Manor, J.'P., and D.L., LL.D., M.P. for the University of Dublin, 1858 to 1870, and for