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BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 293 of the Legislative Council of New Zealand ; b. 19th January, 1817 ; s. his father in April, 1828 ; m., first, 28th November, 1843, Sophia, youngest daughter of Admiral Sir James Whitley Deans-Dundas, G.C.B., of Barton Court, co. Berks, and Aston Hall, co. Flint, sometime one of the Lords of the Admiralty (by Janet, his first cousin, only daughter and heiress of Charles Dundas, Lord Amesbury, by Ann, daughter and sole heir of Ralph Whitley, Esq. of Aston Hall, co Flint), who was son of James Deans, Esq., M.D., of Calcutta, by Janet, his wife, daughter of Thomas Dundas, Esq., M.P., of Fingask, great grandson of Charles, sixth Earl of Lauderdale, and by her (who d. 1852) had I. James Dundas, b. November, 1850. I. Janet, b. 8th September, 1844 ; m. John Armine Willis, Esq., barrister- at-law and H.M. inspector of schools for Middlesex, and has issue one son and four daughters. He m., secondly, August, 1857, Jessie, only daughter of Alexander McBarnet, Esq. of Torridon and. Attadale, Ross-shire, Scotland, and by her (who d. 1880) had, II. Henry Duncan, h. 1859; m. a daughter of Colonel Pearce, of Wel- lington. III. Alexander Donald, b. 1862. IV. Charles John, b. 1867. Mr. Crawford was the representative of the family of Crawford, of Monorgan, co. Perth, and Easter Seatoun, co. Forfar. He was educated at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, where he obtained a gold medal ; sub- sequently joined H.M.S. " Prince Regent," 120 guns, flagship of Rear- Admiral Sir William Parker, in the Channel Fleet, and finally left the navy in 1837, when a sub-lieutenant. In 1838 he emigrated to Sydney, New South Wales, and the following year visited New Zealand ; landed again at Wel- lington in 1846, after having been for some time a run-holder in Queensland ; returned to England in 1850, and proceeded to Wellington again in 1857. He was appointed a member of the Legislative Council of New Zealand in 1860, retaining his seat for seven years, and was for nearly fifteen years resident magistrate and sheriff at Wellington, for a large portion of which time he served on the council of the Philosophical Institute. In 1862 Mr. Crawford made a geological survey of the Province of Wellington. He was a member of the Geological Society of London, and a corresponding member of the Geological Societies of Edinburgh and Austria. In 1879 Mr. Crawford published his Recollections of Travel in New Zealand and Australia, and he was a frequent contributor to The Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. This gentleman, for saving life, was presented with the Royal Humane Society's medal. In 1883 he sold the property of Overton, near Strathaven, co. Lanark, which had been purchased by his father ; and d. in London, 8th April, 1889. Lineage. Henry Crawford, Esq., merchant, bur- gess of Dundee, Scotland, descended from the Crawfords of Kilbirny, co. Ayr, bought Easter Seatoun, co. Forfar, in July, 1670, and registered arms. He m. Elizabeth Dunsmure, and d. July, 1684, leaving a son,