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BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. Sussex, and by her (who d. 1868) had seven cliildren, of whom are, Henry, J.P., eldest son, partner in the firm of James Henty & Co., Melbourne, merchants, b. at Launceston, Tasmania, 9th May, 1833 ; visited England, 1848, and attended King's College, London ; returned to Victoria 1851. In 1865 he was returned to the Legis- lative Assembly of Victoria for Grenville, and has successively held the appointments of Com- missioner of Education, Chairman of the Board, and Commissioner of Savings Banks. He is a Direc- tor of the Victoria Sugar Com- pany, occupies a seat in the Council of the Diocese of Mel- bourne, and is a member of the Cathedral Chapter. He m. 1859 Marion Ann, eldest daughter of W. a. M'Kellar, Esq. late of Highton, Geelong, Victoria, and has issue, Henry P. and Charles. Herbert James, second son, b. 5th October, 1834, in co. Sussex, Eng- land, and the following year went to Tasmania with his parents ; returned to England in 1848, and was educated at King's College, London ; in 1851 settled in Vic- toria ; subsequently became a partner in the firm of James Henty & Co., and finally left the colony for England in 1876. He has served as councillor in the City Council for the Lonsdale ward, has filled the office of Mayor of Kew, and was sometime Vice- Consul for the Kingdom of Den- mark at Geelong. He m. April, 1861, Frances, eldest daughter of Sir Francis Murphy, first speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Victoria, and by her has issue two sons and two daughters. Thomas (Hon.), member of the Legislative Council of Victoria, b. at Launceston, Tasmania, 1836 ; entered the Legislative Council as a representative of the Southern Province 1885 ; and d. October, 1887, aged 51 years. Thomas, b. in 1802, served at the battle of Algiers on board the " Minden," and d. in 1819 from a ruptured blood- vessel. Memorial tablet in Tarring Church, CO. Sussex. Edward, of Muntham, Wannon River, Victoria, b. at West Tarring, oo. Sussex, 10th March, 3 809 ; in 1831 emigrated to Van Diemen's Land, where his three brothers, James, John, and Stephen George had, a few months previously, arrived from Western Australia, but being dissatisfied with his prospects in the island, he proceeded, the following year, in the barque " Carnarvon" to Victoria, finally, in 1834, settling at Portland. Mr. Edward Henty repre- sented the county of Normanby in the Victorian Legislative Assembly for many years. The first pure merino sheep were landed by him. He was the pioneer settler of Victoria ; d. 14th August, 1878, having lived the latter part of his life in the suburbs of Melbourne. William, of Launceston, Tasmania, soli- citor, elected to the Legislative Assembly of Tasmania, and was for some years Chief Secretary and Treasurer; m. Miss Campfield, sister of Mr. Campfield, Government Resi- dent at Albany, Western Australia. Charles, of Kelso, situated near the mouth of the Tamar, and nearly op)posite Georgetown, Tasmania, man- ager of the Bank of Australasia at Launceston, and sometime member of the Legislative Assembly of Tasmania. Stephen Geoege, of whom presently. John, of Sandford, Wannon River, Vic- toria, emigrated in May, 1829, with his brothers, James and Stephen George, to Swan River, Western Australia, in the ship " Caroline," and after remaining in that colony for eighteen months proceeded to Van Diemen's Land, and finally to Victoria. He d. leaving three daughters. Francis, of Field Place, Studley Park- road, Kew, near Melbourne, and of Merino Downs, co. Normanby, Vic- toria, J. P., Commissioner of Savings Banks, youngest son, b. at Field Place, near Worthing, co. Sussex, England, 30th November, 1815 ; left England in the " Forth of Alloway," at the end of 1830, and arrived at Launceston, Tasmania, in April, 1831, where his brothers James, John, and Stephen George had previously arrived from Swan River, Western Australia, and in 1834 joined his brother Edward in Victoria, being one of the pioneers of that colony. He m. at Launceston, Tasmania, Mary Ann Lawrence, of that place, and d. 15th January, 1889, at his residence. Field Place, Studley Park-road, Kew, Melbourne, in his 74th year. By his wife (who d. November, 1881, and was buried in Boroondara Cemetery, Kew, near Mel- bourne) he had issue, 1 Lawrence Shum, b. at Merino Downs, 9th April, 1845; and d. there 10th February, 1877. 1 Louisa, b. at Merino Downs, 12th August, 1847. 2 Carohne, b. at Merino Downs, 29th August, 1849 ; m. at Holy Trinity Church, Kew, Victoria, 6th August, 1890, Alexander Magnus MacLeod, Esq. of TaUisker, deputy chief inspector of stock. South' Australia, eldest son of the late John Norman MacLeod, Esq. of Castlemaddie, Portland.