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184 BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. Cluh — Australian, Melbourne. Estates — Edgarley, Wickliffe-road, co. Ripon, Victoria (18,490 acres), and a share in the following estates : — Pallal, Bingera, CO. Murohison (11,250 acres) ; Canoon, Hay, CO. Waradgery (17,800 acres) ; Wanganella, Wanganella, co. Townsend (4i,530 acres) ; and Murgha, Deniliquin, co. Wakool (42,312 acres), all in New South Wales, Australia. jHoffatt of fHopittttS Hill MOFFATT, JOHN, Esq. of Hopkins Hill, Chatsworth, Victoria, Aus- tralia, president of the Mount Rouse Shire Council, 1889 to 1890, h. at Shirva, near Kirkintilloch, Scotland, 17th December, 1854; is unmarried. Utntage. The Moffatts came from the Moffatt Hills, Scotland, in the time of the Covenanters, in the 16th century. This branch is descended from one of three brothers, the other two of whom went to Ireland, and traces its descent through the families of Ferrie, Galbraith, and Buchanan, back to King Robert Bruce of Scotland. John Moffatt, Esq. of Westfield, S. at Westerwood, Cumbernand, 1787 ; m. 1815, Mary, daughter of William Ferric, Esq. of Newland, who was 2nd son of Robert Ferrie, Esq., 4th laird of Balgrochan, by Marjorie Gralbraith, his wife ; and d. at Westfield, 25th May, 1833, aged 46, having had by her (who was b. in 1791, and d. at Westfield, 30th October, 1861, aged 70) a son, William Moffatt, Esq. of Hopkins Hill, Chatsworth, Victoria, Australia, formerly of Shirva, Kirkintilloch, Scotland, h. at West- iield, 1821 ; emigrated to Victoria in Feb- ruary, 1872 ; m. 7th March, 1854, Isabella, daughter of Robert Anderson, Esq. of Inch- breck, near Kirkintilloch, and d. 23rd June, 1879, leaving issue, I. JoHjr, now of Hopkins Hill. II. Robert, of Ballarat, Victoria, h. at Shirva, near Kirkintilloch, 22nd August, 1858 ; m. 17th November, 1880, Minnie, daughter of Archibald Fletcher, Esq. of Sydney, New South Wales, and has issue, two daughters, Isabella, b. 14th July, 1881; and Naomi, b. 22nd September, 1882. III. William, of Lake Bolac, Victoria, b. at Shirva, 29th June, 1863 ; m. 19th August, 1885, Jessie, daughter of Donald McLellan, Esq. of Manor House, Hamilton, Victoria, and has issue, a son, William Harold, b. 22nd June, 1887. I. Mary, b. at Shirva, 7th December, 1860; m. 12th April, 1882, James Clark, Esq. of Tek Mallay, Tenkasi, Southern India, coffee planter, but has no issue. II. Isabella, b. 15th March, 1868, at Shirva, aforesaid. Residence — Hopkins Hill, Chatsworth, Vic- toria, Australia. dPitj#n*aItr xif jHotra. FITZ/^i ERALD, HON. NICHOLAS, of Moira, St. Kilda ; and of Collins- Ia street West, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, elected a member of the Legislative Council of Victoria for the North Western Province in 1864, since which time he has been twice re-elected; J. P. since 1863. Mr. FitzGerald was h. at Galway, Ireland, August, 1829 ; in 1845 he entered Trinity College, Dublin, where he obtained honours; and in 1849 gained a first scholarship at Queen's College, Galway, having entered the King's Inns, Dublin, the previous year. He passed some years in Ceylon and India, and soon afterwards, having established himself in Victoria (1859), he founded the famous Castlemaine Ale Brewery, similar establishments being now also held by him in Melbourne, New South Wales, and Queensland. He m. at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne, September, 1863, Marianne, eldest daughter of the late Sir John O'Shanassy, K.C.M.G., of Tara, Hawthorn, Melbourne, and has had issue.