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BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 177 1827; baptised at St. Michael's, Lewes, co. Sussex ; d. num. 1857. I. Ellen Maria, b. 30tli May, 1818; baptised at St. Michael's, Lowes ; m. J. W. Parker, Esq. of West Strand, London, publisher. Both deceased s.p. II. Hannah Matilda, b. 24th November, 1822, baptised at St. Michael's, Lewes; d. unm. 1841. Arms — Arg. a cross engr. between four martlets sa. Crest — A stag's head couped affrontee arg. Residence — Maramarania, Sidney-street, Wellington, New Zealand. ^m% of aeatstfieltr ^m%u EOSS, HON. DAVID ALEXANDER, of WestBeld House, St. Foy- ' road, in the Banticue of the city of Quebec, Canada, member of the Legislatiye and Executive Councils, province of Quebec, and lieutenant- colonel of Militia; called to the Bar 1848, appointed queen's counsel 1873, and attorney-general 1878; h. at Quebec 12th March, 1819; m. there '27th February, 1872, Harriet Ann, daughter of the late Colonel Samuel Lynde Valentine, of Bangor, Maine, and widow of the late James Gibb, jun., Esq. of Quebec, but ha.s no issue. Htncage. The family originally came from Tain in Scotland. John Eoss, Esq., the paternal grand- father of the Hon. D. A. Eoss, was b. there. He joined the expedition for the conquest of Canada, under General Wolfe, as a volunteer, and fought at Louisburg and at Quebec on the Plains of Abraham in September, 1759, where he was wounded. He m. 1769, Anne Story, of Boston, and d. about 1818, leaving issue, two sons : 1. John ; and 2. David, of the city of Montreal, Q.C. ; in. Mary, widow of Rev. Dr. Sparks, a Presbyterian minister. The elder son, John Eoss, Esq. of Quebec, a prolhono- tary of the Court of King's Bench, b. 1782 ; m. 1817, Margaret, daughter of David Eoss, Esq. of Quebec, and d. in 1826, leaving a daughter, Eliza Jane, and a son, the Hon. David Alexander Eoss. His widow re-m. Mr. Sti'ang, and by liim had issue, .John ; Annie, m. Henry Atkinson, Esq. of Etchemin, and is deceased ; and Mary, widow of the late Dr. James M. Cas- sels, resides at Lennoxville. Crest used — A lion ramp., holding a rose, slipped and leaved. Motto — Rosam ne rode. Residence — Westfield House, St. Foy-road, in the Banticue of the city of Quebec, Canada. Club — St. George's, Hanover-square, Lon- don. mim of jHanlp. WISE, GEORGE FOSTER, Esq. of Manly, near Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, government agent for immigration, some time sheriff and comptroller of prisons ; b. July, 1814 ; m. June, 1842, Frances Lucy Mary Anne, daughter of the late Milbourn Marsh, Esq., postmaster-general of Jamaica, West Indies, and niece of the late Sir Francis Forbes, first chief justice of New South Wales, but has no issue. ILincaciE. The family of Wise originally came from the county of Kent. The paternal grandfather of Mr. G. F. Wise resided at Maidstone in that county. He m. Miss Stacy, and by her had a son, Edward Wise, Esq. of Hill Grove, Pem- bridge. Isle of Wight; a resident of the Isle of Wight for 65 years. He m. in 1812, VOL. I. Amelia Wilson (who d. about 1847), and d. in 1863, having had issue, I. Geohge Foster, now of Manly, near Sydney. II. Edward (Hon.), -jiidgeof the Supreme Court, of New Soutli V ale s, b. m ihe Isle of Wight, 13th August, 1818; educated at Eugby; called to the Bar N