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BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 207 II. Caroline, m. first, 27th February, 184.9, to the Rev. Septimus Stockdale, rector of Wilby, oo. Northampton, who d. 11th May, following; secondly, 1859, Rev. Robert Gibbings, vicar of Radley, Berks, who d. 1865. III. Emma, d. unm. 26th February, 1890. He m. secondly, 8th September, 1836, Wil- helmina, eldest daughter of David Powell, Esq. of Loughton, Essex, having by her (who d. aSth July, 1842) had issue, I. George Powell (Rev.), M.A. Oxford, vicar of Weedon, co. Northampton, b. in 1838; m. 23rd September, 1869, Emma Sarah Bransby, eldest daughter of Joseph Lewis Aubert, Esq. of Nunsbury, Herts, and has Paul Aubert, b. 1st August, 1872 ; Lewis Michael Aubert, b. 29th September, 1882; Emma Wilhelmina, b. 20th August, 1870 ; Mary Katherine, b. 13th September, 1871 ; Helen Eliza- beth, b. 21st October, 1874; Henrietta Margaret, b. 15th July, 1879 ; and Evelyn May, b. 28th May, 18S5. II. Paul Anthony, b. in 1840; d. in 1846. He m. thirdly, 9th August, 1849, Augusta, dau^liter of the late John B. Cowell, Esq., and d. 10th February, 1865 ; his widow d. 25th August, 1870. Arms — Arg. fretty sa. on a canton gu. a cliaplet or. Crest — A Saracen's head in profile ppr. wreathed about the temples arg. and sa. Supporters of Baron Boston — Two antelopes gu. each gorged with a chaplet or. Motto — Honor fidelitatis pra;mium. Residence — Bolivia, Tenterfield, co. Clive, New South Wales, Australia. JSerrp ot ^tiba. BERRY, HON. JOHN, of Sava, Fiji, commissioner of Lands and member of the Executive and Legislative Councils, h. 11th October, 1840; m. 1st February, 1883, Sara Eugenie, daughter of the late James Morey, E.-;q. of Sydney, and has issue, I. John Lionel, h. 5th April, 1885. II. Raymond Dudley, h. 6th September, 1886. III. Kenneth, h. 19th May, 1888. I. Queenie Lillian. Mr. Berry entered the Survey Department, New South Wales, 1866, and the Survey Department, Fiji, 1877 ; became acting surveyor-general, 1879, commissioner of Land Woi-ks and Surveys, 1882, and a member of the Executive and Legislative Councils, 1883. Htneage. John Beret, Esq. of Albury, New South "Wales, formerly a resident in Meath, Ireland, d. 19th March, 1866. By Mary, his wife (who d. in June, 1874), he had issue, I. JoHK (Hon.), now of Suva. II. Henry, m. Mary Gibbons, of Sydney. III. Thomas, in. Christian Gibbons, of Sydney. IV. William. I. Amelia, TO. 14th January, 1883, His Ex. Sir John Bates Thurston, K.C.M.G., F.R.G.S., F.L.S., of St. Heliers, Taviuni ; Thornbury, Viti Levu, and Government House, Suva, all in Fiji, governor and commander-in-chief of the colony of Fiji, and H.B. Majesty's high commissioner and consul-general for the Western Pacific, who was b. 31st January, 1836, entered the British Consulate at Fiji and Tonga, 1866 ; acting-consul, 1867 ; chief secretary and minister for foreign relations, 1872; elected "chosen and special adviser " of the native kings and chiefs, to confer with H.M. commis- sioners regarding the annexation of the islands to Great Britain, 1874 ; colonial secretary and auditor-general of the colony, 1874 ; secretary to H.M. high commissioner for the West Pacific, 1879; administered the govern- ment of Fiji, 1880, 1883-4, and again in 1885-6 ; consul-general for the Western Pacific Islands, 1888 ; lieutenant - governor, 1886, and governor, 1887 ; son of John Noel Thurston, Esq. of Bath, co. Somerset, and of Thornbiiry, co. Gloucester (see THrESTON OF St. Heliees, Thoen- BUET, AND SrvA), and has issue, 1. John Horatio, b. 20th October, 18S7. 2. Edward Thomas, b. 4th June, 1889. 1. Eliza d'Este, b. 19th July, 1884. 2. AIvs Amelia, b. 19th April, iss'e. Residence — Suva, Fiji.