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BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 191 Lineage — See preceding article. Residence — Panshanger, Longford, Tasmania. Estates — Panshanger, Longford, and Burlington, both in Tasmania. Epan of Btrrtoeit ^tit^ijt^. RYAN, CHARLES, Esq. of Derriweit Heights, Upper Macedon, Vic- toria, Australia, b. llth March, 1818; m. 13th October, 1847, Marian, daughter of John and Susanna Cotton, and has issue, I. Henry, b. 26th January, 1850; m. llth December, 1879, Denise Anne, daughter of Thomas J. Nankivell, Esq. of Toorak, J. P., and has issue, three daughters. II. Charles Snodgrass (Dr.), of 162, Collins-street East, Melbourne, b. 20th September, 1853, at Melbourne, educated at the Church of England Grammar School, and subsequently at the Melbourne University, as a student of medicine ; afterwards proceeded to Edin- burgh, where he graduated in medicine and surgery, and took the degrees of M.B. and C.H.M. ; studied medicine in France, Austria, and Italy ; in September, 1876, entered the Turkish Service, and was forthwith sent to Nisch, where he was placed in charge of a large hospital during the Servian War ; was afterwards sent to the Orchanie Balkans, in charge of 3,000 Turkish soldiers, and from there was ordered to march to Widdin, although still suffering from a severe attack of dysentery. He reached that place in ten days, having nearly died from exhaustion on the road. Whilst in Widdin, he was present during nine bombardments. From Widdin he proceeded with Osman Pasha to Plevna, which he gained after marching for three successive days and nights ; was present at the first battle, being the only doctor on the field. He was present at the great action of 31st July. On the 8th September his horse was shot under him, and his attendant killed by his side, whilst riding into one of the redoubts, which were about to be attacked by Skobeleff ; with the attacking columns, entered one of the redoubts captured by the Turks from the Russians at the battle of Gravitza, and on the Turks being repulsed from this redoubt, was the last to leave, which he did leading his horse, on which he had placed two Turkish soldiers whose legs were broken, and in this way returned to Plevna, a distance of six miles, for the first two miles of which he was exposed to a very heavy fire. He next accompanied the expedition to Loftcha. On the 18th October, he left Plevna for Constantinople, and was sent to Erzeroum in charge of an ambulance. Here he remained four months, in charge of a hospital ; during this period the city was besieged by the Russians for six weeks, and for four weeks Dr. Ryan was suffering from a severe attack of typhus, which disease carried away twenty-two out of the thirty-six surgeons in Erzeroum, and more than 16,000 Turkish soldiers died from it and from dysentery. He received the Order of the Medjidie of the 4th class, the Order of