BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 689 The Very Ktv. Di' llcnlt llovcll was !i])poiiit('<l di'iui of Waiapu by the Right Rev. Edward Criiig Stuart, D.D., bishop of the see, amidst tokens of much enthusiasm, during the session of the Diocesan Synod held at Napier (the see town) on ;^rd- October, 1889. He had previously, after much other successful organisation, initiated the scheme for the erection of the fine cathedi'al at Napier, and had been chiefly instrumental in carrying out the work. Dean Hovell is recognised as one of New Zealand's greatest preachers. Hi'ncnac. This family claims to be a bvancli of an ancit'iit Xori'olk anil Siifi'olk family whose pcdif;i'oe is p;ivcu in the Ilarleian MS.S. 1303, deducing tlicir descent from RlciiAUD HoVEi.L, who lived in the time of Hexky IV, and was esqnive to the bodv of Bknky A', and d. in the third year of the rci^n of ITkniiy A'I. IFc was owner of certain lands lying in Ti<'kinp;aU JFagna in the county of Sufl'olk, and in Ashflcld, in Stowlautoft, in Badwell Ash,and in Walshani in the Willows, as was proved by evidences in the hands of the heirs of the elder house, represented by RiCHAHD IIoTELL, of Flvtcliam, CO. Norfolk, in 1613. AViLLlAir HovEi.l., of Wyvcrstone, Suffolk, b. circa IT-l-S, was eldest son of TnostAa Hovell, of Baeton. He m. Mary, daughter of E. Blanchflowee, and il. 5th March, 1807, leaving with seven other children, who d. s. p., I. William, of Wyverstone, son and heir, m. Mary, daughter and heiress of Dennis De Berdt, and had issue. 1. Dennis De Berdt, F.R.C.S., of Boreham Holt, Herts, m. Mary, daughter of J. De Hoene, and d. ISSS, leaving issue, (1) Arthur Dennis De Berdt, of New College, Oxford, and Lincoln's Inn, d. nnm. 9th April, 1872, V. p. (2) Thomas Mark, F.R.C.S., of Harley Street, Cavendish Square, London, Medical Attendant on the late Ger- man Emperor Feederick III, who conferred on him the Kron Order, 10th April, 18SS (3) Hugh De Berdt, Captain Worcestershire Regiment, h. 15th April, 18G3. ( t) Robert Do Berdt, barri.sler- athnv. (.■>) Oenys De Cerdt. (1) Mary De Berdt, m. Captain Francis .John RoMiLLY, R.E., who was killed in the Soudan. (2) Nelly Bhinchllower. (3) Jessie De Home. (4) Emily Margaret. 1. Anne, m. Rev. Lewis Page Mer- CIEH, M.A. of University College, Oxford. 2. Julia, m. Rev. Challis Paeoissien', M.A., Follow of Clare College, Cambridge, and rector of Harding- ham, Norfolk. II. CnARLE.'!, of whom presently. The younger son, Charles Hovell, Surgeon R.N., m. 1811, Mar}', daughter of Henry Adaiis, and d. 12t,h June, 18.5;t, having by her, wlio d. Uth December, 1862, hud issue, I. CnAELES, of whom presently. II. Thomas Do Berdt, d. s. p. III. Robert, d. s. p. I. Anne, d. s. p. II. Eliza Maria Caroline Blanchflower, d, s.p. III. Mary, d. s. p. The eldest son, C'HAELEs Hovell, M.R.C.S.E., formerly siirgeon of the 3rd Wiiikato Regiment, and brigade-surgeon, m. 1849, Sarah, daughter of M. Bechee, and d. at sea 1-Jth March, 1893, luiving by her (who d. 21th March, 1868) had issue, I. De Berdt (A'ery Rev.), of Napier, tlio subject of this memoir. II. Charles Woodward. III. Harry Kinnaird. I. Harriett Eva. collared and lined sti. Arms — Sa. a cross or. Crest — A grei/hound couchani or Mottoes — Nunquatn ohliriscor ; and Quo fata vacant. Residence — The Deanery, Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.
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GEORGE WOODROFEE (lOYDKR, of Warrakilla, Aldgate, South Australia, C.jM.G., J. P., surveyor-general and inspector of mines of that colony, 6. 24th June, 182fi. By his first wife (whom he m. 10th Decem- bei', 1851, and who d. 8th April, 1870) he has had issue, VOL. II. 2 Y
