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16 BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 4. Alexandra. III. Jane, of Avondale Ranclie, Wagon Mound, Mora Co., New Mexico, U.S.A. ; on. 1886, Joseph Leopold Matt, Esq. of Missouri, U.S.A. IV. Catharine, m. W. Galbraith, Esq., M.D., of Invercargill, New Zealand, and has issue. T. Mary, m. Joseph Eogers, Esq., of Glenquoicli, Invercargill, New Zea- land, and d. 1874, leaving issue. Ti. Anne, m. 1876, Joseph Rogers, Esq., of Glenquoich, New Zealand, and has issue. VII. Rachel, m. 3rd Julv, 1866, Thomas Skene, Esq. of Krongart, Penola, Soutli Australia, only son of David Skene, Esq. of Langseat (see Skene OF Maenoo), and by him (who d. 25th November, 1885), had issue, 1. David, now of Krongart, h. 10th November, 1872. 2. John McKellar, b. 1st October, 1874. 3. Thomas, h. Ist Jamiary, 1878. 1. Rachel Barbara. 2. Jean Edith. 3. Ann. 4. Margaret Mary. 5. Katharine. Arms used — Arg. ieitveen two harrulets gv,., a lion pass az. in chief three crescents sa., and in base as many mwllets of the second. Crest — A dexter arm embowed in armour, holding in the hand a scymitar ppr. Motto — Per- severaiido. Hesidencf-s and Estates — Strathkellar and Croxton, Hamilton, Victoria, Australia, and Lerags, Oban, oo. Argyll, Scotland. jfatotett of ^tnjarral) ^arfe* EAWCETT, HON. CAPTAIN THEODORE, of Pmjarrah Park, Murray District, Western Australia, J. P. since 1862, elected a member of the Legislative Council, 1886, and captain of the Pinjarrah Mounted Volunteers, late of the 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabineers), vrhich he joined in 1851, b. at Corsley House, Wilts, England, 10th February, 1832, was educated at Cheltenham College, to. in London, 30th March, 1864, Eliza Agnes Audry, fourth daughter of Captain Hill, of the 57th Regiment (who d. in 1848, at Clonmel, while on service administering relief during the Irish famine of that year), and has issue, I. Theodore John Henry, b. 14th August, 1865. II. Charles William Theodore, b. 24th June, 1873. III. Ernest Murray Johnson, b. 25th April, 1876. I. Mary Agnes, b. 6th October, 1866. II. Agnes Constance Augusta, b. 1st August, 1868. III. Emmeline Eleanor May, I. 2nd May, 1875. IV. Eva Adela Julia, b. 4th November, 1877. ILinrage. Tliis family was seated in Yorkshire about the middle of the 17th century. Sie William Fawcett, K.B., b. 1727, purchased a commission in the army, and was attached to the English contingent under the Marquis of Granby, which served under Fkederick THE Great, of Prussia, in the Seven Years War. Captain Fawcett was accorded the honour of taking home the despatches, and reporting the account of the Battle of Marburg (17tiO) to King George II. This he did in the German language. The young officer at once Obtained his majority, and, after declining offers from Frederick the Great, who gave him his portrait, he finally rose to be adjutant-general of the army and governor of Chelsea Hospital. In 1799, during the absence of H.R.H. the Duke of York in Holland, Genei-al Fawcett was appointed commander-in-chief. He d. in 1804, and was accorded a public funeral, H.R.H. the Prince of Wales being chief mourner, attended by four princes of the blood royal, including H.R.H. the Duke of Kent, father of H.M. Queen Victoria. General Fawcett left two sons, William (major-general), and Walker Dawson (major- general). The former of these two sous, Major-Geneeal William Fawcett, after the American War, brought home a wife. Miss Catherine Moore, of Philadelphia, and resided in Ireland as governor of Limerick