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200 BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. III. Maria Frances, m. first, Colman, Esq., and secondly Napier, Esq. The second son, John Edwakd Venables Vebkon, Esq., now of Clontarf Castle, co. Dublin, Ireland, B.A., J.P., and D.L. co. Dublin, high sheriff 1847 : h. 1813 ; educated at Trinity College, Dublin (B.A. 1838); .s. his brother' 1833 ; m. first, 20th August, 1836, Louisa Catharine, only daughter of Charles Proby Bowles, Esq. of Park-lane, London, and by her (who d. 12th August, 1853) had issue, I. Edward, lieutenant-colonel and hon. colonel 5th battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers, h. 31st January, 1838; m. 27th March, 1861, Jane, daughter of Matthew Brinkley, Esq. of Parsons- town, CO. Meath, son of John Brinkley, D.D., Bishop of Cloyne, and has issue, Charles Albert, h. 1864. II. Charles Albert, h. I7th January, 1840. III. FoEBES Geoege, of whom we treat. IV. G-ranville William, major 16th Kegi- ment, h. 2nd July, 1845 ; m. 30th November, 1882, Emma Rosalie Pender, daughter of Stephen Francis Shairp, Esq. of St. Max, St. Leo- nards. T. John Francis Henry, I. 31st January, 1848; d. unm. 14th March, 1884. I. Louisa Emily, m. 2nd June, 1863, George William, second son of Ed- mund Floyd Cuppage, Esq. of Clare Grove, CO. Dubhn. Mr. J. E. V. Vernon m. secondly, 25th Sep- tember, 1856, the Hon. Rosa Gertrude Harriet Daly, daughter of James, first Lord Dunsandle, which lady d. s.p. 31st August, 1859. Arms — Arg. a fret sa. Cresf — A boar's head erased sa., ducally gorged or. Motto — ■ Vernon semper viret. Residences^CodistT&&m, Okanagan ; and Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. AIKINS, HON. JAMES COX, of the cities of Toronto, province of Ontario, and Winnipeg, province of Manitoba, and of co. Peel, province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, lieutenant-governor of the province of Manitoba, and a member of the Privy Council of the Dominion of Canada, h. in co. Peel, Ontario, 30th March, 182.3 ; educated at Victoria University, Canada ; sat in the Canadian Assembly from 1854 until 1861; in 1862 was elected to the Legislative Council, and in 1867, at the union of the British North American provinces, vs^as called to the Senate by royal proclamation ; sworn a member of the Privy Council, 9th December, 1869, from which date until the re- signation of Sir John A. Macdonald, in November, 1873, he was secretary of state and registrar-general of Canada; re-appointed to same office in Sir John's new administration, 19th October, 1878 ; subsequently minister of Inland Revenue, and, 8th October, 1882, appointed lieutenant-governor of Manitoba. He m. in Toronto, 5th June, 1845, Mary Elizabeth Jane, only daughter of the late John Somerset, Esq. of Toronto and co. Peel, province of Ontario, and has issue, I. John Somerset, of the city of Winnipeg, I. 27th February, 1850 ; m. 13tli October, 1887, Abby Lemira, daughter of 0. C. Colby, Esq., M.P., deputy speaker of the House of Commons. II. James Albert Manning, of the city of Winnipeg, M.A. of the University of Toronto, Q.C., h. 10th December, 1851 ; m. 10th December, 1884, Mary Bertha, daughter of the Hon. A. W. McLelan, member of the Privy Council of Canada, and postmaster-general for Canada, who was sometime president of the Privy Council for the Dominion of Canada, minister of Marine and Fisheries, and minister of Finance, and represented Canada in connection with the Inter-