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832 BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. ^ctcr. Ii^RANK PETER, of Anama, Ashbui-ton, Canterbury, New Zealand, h. 22nd ' Aus-nst, 1864. Uincaat, John Peter, b. at Dundee, 18th October, 1774, m. Euphcmia, daiigliter of — Condie, and (). 27th January, 1853, liaTinc; hy lier, ■who was h. at Kirlicahly. N.B., 9th FebruavT, 1786, and d. 19th December, 1823, had issue, a sou, Hon. William Spence Petee, of Anama, Ashbnrton, Canterlrary, Xew Zealand, for twenty years a member of the Legislative Councirof New Zealand, h. 10th April, 1819, arrived in New Zealand, from Australia in 1861 ; m. at Adelaide, South Australia, 24th September, 1856, Jane, second daughter of Henry Conway Sbtmoije, of that place (and Eliza, his wife, daughter of Robert DEOtTGHT, of Ridgcmonnt, Eing's Co.), and Ballymore Castle, Ballinasloe, co. Galway, Ireland (see Bfhke's Landed Oentrii), and d. 22nd May, 1891, and was buried in Mount Somera Cemetery, leaving issue, I. Ernest Henry John, b. 10th December, 1857 ; d. viim. April, 1890. II. WiUiam, h. 15tb July, 1860; d. num. 9th July, 1886. III. Feank, the subject of this memoir, ly. Henry Seymour, h. 4th February, 1866 ; d. num. 16th February, 1887. " y. Charles James, b. 18th February, 1867. yi. John Patrick, b. 30th January, 1870. I. Jane Emily, b. 29th December, 1858. II. Elizabeth^ b. 19th January, 1862. III. Margaret Ellen, b. 3rd September, 1863. grand-daughter of Thomas Seymofe, of Arms — Gil. on a bend or befween two escallop shells org. a Cornish chough ppr. between two cinqiiefoils az. Crest — Tico lions' heads erased and addursed, the first or, and the .tecond a:., gorged with a plain collar counter changed. Motto — Sans Dieti, rien. Hesidence — Anama, Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand. JIamilton* HON. C^HARLER EDWARD HAMILTON, Q.C., of Winnipeg and Shoal Lake, Province of Manitoba, Dominion of Canada, formerly attorney- general and member of the Executive Council of the Province of Manitoba, M.P. for Shoal Lake co., director of the Commercial Bank, Manitoba, and of the Manitoba Mortgage and Investment Co., h. at Upner Castle, near Rochestei', Kent, England, educated at Grantham Academy, Onlario ; appointed Q.C. 1886, and mayor of the city of Winnipeg in 1885. He m. at Hull, Province of Quebec, Canada, 10th January, 1884, Alma, daughter of John AsHWOETH, cashier of the Post Office Department, Ottawa, and has issue, I. Charles Ashworth, 6. 18th November, 1884. I. Alma Sybil, h. 24th August, 1886. II. Pauline, b. 6th January, 1889. III. Eva Victoria, h. 24th May, 1892. ILtncasE. This family is of Irish extraction. Cap- tain Geoege Yallancey Hajiiltox, the father of the Hon. Charles E. Hamilton, was one of seven sons of a clergyman, resident at Cork, whose wife's family of Meacham was also Irish. Several of that lady's brothers fought at Badajoz and two, the one a eajjtain, and the other a colonel in the army, fell at Waterloo. Captain Hamil- ton was b. 26th December, 1799 ; obtained his commission as Lieutenant in the 41st Eegiment of Foot, when 15 years of age, from his godfather, General "'allancey, and was promoted to the rank of Captain. He served with his regiment in England, and afterwards in India. While there he exchanged into the 2nd (or Queen's Royals) Regiment, came home to England and was on the staff at Chatham, subsequently exchanged into the Royal Canadian Rifles and went to