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BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 17 and adjutant -general of Ireland. He d. in 1826, and was buried at Southampton, having had two sons, I. William (colonel). II. Henry Augustus, lieutenant R.N., 5. 18th January, 1791 ; entered the navy, 18th August, 1804, and served as mid- shipman at the battle of Trafalgar, 1805. He d. in 1882, aged 91 years, without surviving issue. The elder son, Colonel William Fawcett, of Craven- hill, London, 5. 28th December, 1786, became colonel of the 14th, and afterwards of the 38th regiment. He m. September, 1827, Mary Agnes, sister of Francis Dawe Wick- ham, Esq. of Bath, co. Somerset, formerly of Melbourne, Victoria (she d. 1840), and d. 10th October, 1859, having had issue, I. William Whalley, of Meadow-bank, West Norwood, co. Surrey, England, b. 1st January, 1829; m. 4th June, 1857, Caroline E. Stafford, and has surviving issue, 1 Robert Arthur, h. 14th Decem- ber, 1860. 2 William Harold, h. 2nd December, 1868. 1 Katharine Agnes, h. 24th Decem- ber, 1863 ; m. her cousin, Arthur Cuthbert, Esq. 2 Florence Maud, b. 12th Decem- ber, 1867. 3 Lilian Josephine, b. 28th April, 1871. II. Theodoee (Hon. Captain), of Pin- jarrah Park. I. Emily SeHna, b. 26th April, 1830; m. September, 1861, Arthur Andrew Cuthbert, Esq. of Haifa, Syria, and has one son, Arthur, m. his cousin, Xatharine Agnes, daughter of William Whalley Fawcett, Esq. of Meadow- bank, West Norwood. II. Emmeline Agnes, b. I7th September, 1837 ; m. 10th June, 1856, WUliam Clement Cazalet, Esq. of Grrenehurst, near Dorking, co. Surrey, and has ten children. Arms — Arg. on a bend, az., three dolphins embowed of the field, finned oi'. Crest — A dolphin, embowed as in the arms. Motto — Officio et fide. Residence — Pinjarrah Park, Murray Dis- trict, Western Australia. THURSTON, HIS EXCELLENCY SIR JOHN BATES, K.C.M.G., F.R.G.S., F.L.S., of St. Helier's, Taviuni ; Thornbury, Viti Levu ; and Government House, Suva, all in Fiji, governor and commander-in-ctief of the colony of Fiji, and H.B.M.'s high commissioner and consul-general for the Western Pacific, b. 31st January, 1836 ; entered the British Consulate at Fiji and Tonga, 1866 ; acting consal, 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. Commissioners 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 government of Fiji, 16th November to 20th December, 1880, 10th November, 1883, to 23rd July, 1884, and again in 1885 — 6 ; consul-general for the Western Pacific Islands, 1888 ; lieutenant- governor, 1886, and governor, 1887. He m. 14th January, 1883, Amelia, only daughter of John Berry, Esq. of Albury, New South Wales, and formei'ly of CO. Meath, Ireland (see Berry of Suva), and has issue, I. John Horatio, h. 20th October, 1887. II. Edward Thomas, b. 4th June, 1889 I. Eliza d'Este, b. 19th July, 1884. II. Alys Amelia, b. 19th April, 1886. He was created C.M.G. in 1880, and K.C.M.G. in 1887. VOL. I. C