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390 BtJRKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. I. Gwendolen Florence Mary, b. 22nd July, 1881. II. Dorothy Evelyn Augusta, b. 7th February, 1885. ILinEac^e. GrEOEGE AlTGrSTrS CEA^■LET OnSLOW, Esq. of Alresford, Hampsliire, eldest son of Colonel the Hon. Thomas Ceanlet On- slow, who ivas second son of the 2nd Eael of Onslow (see Bvirke's Peerage), h. 14th May, 1813 ; m. 11th July, 1848, Mary Harriet Ann, eldest daughter of Lieutenant-General William F. B. Loftus, of Kilbride, co. Wick- low, and d. 13th April, 1855, leaving by her (who d. 7th November, 1880) an only son, William Hillieb, present earl, go- vernor of New Zealand. Creations — Baronet, 21st November, 1660. Baron, 19th June, 1716. Baron Cranley, 20th May, 1776. Earl, &c., 19th June, 1801. Arms — Arg., a fesse, gu., between six Cornish choughs, ppr. Crest — An eagle, sa., preying upon a partridge, or. Supporters — ■ Two falcons, close, ppr., belled, or, brewets gu. Mottoes — Above the crest. Semper fidelis ; and, below the shield, Festina lente. Official Residences — Government Houses, Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand. Seats — Clandon Park and Stoke Park, near Guildford, Surrey. Town House — 7, Richmond-teiTace, White- hall, S.W. Clubs (in London) — Carlton, White's, Travellers'. Ctirrtt of ^t. I^tltia. CURRIE, JOHN LANG, Esq. of Larra and Titanga, both co. Hampden, and Eildon, Grey-street, St. Kilda, Victoria, J. P., b. at Howford, Selkirkshii-e, Scotland, 17th November, 1818 ; m. at St. Kilda, Victoria, 14th May, 1852, Louise, daughter of Mr. Johnston, of St. Kilda, Victoria, and has had issue, I. William John, b. 1st May, 1855 ; d. 13th July, 1887. II. John LanCx, b. 21st May, 1856. III. James Cedric, b. 10th July, 1860. IV. Edwin, b. 6th July, 1862. V. Charles Sebbald, b. 1st August, 1866. VI. Henry Alan, b. 6th June, 1868. Yii. Hugh, b. 27th August, 1871 ; d. same month. I. Henrietta, b. 20th March, 1853 ; m. 12th August, 1873, Patrick Sellar Lang, Sheriff Clerk, Esq. of Selkirkshire, and has issue. II. Louise Jane, b. 15th October, 1858; vi. 16th September, 1884, Richard Grice, Esq. of Melbourne, and has issue. III. Alice, b. 27th January, 1865 ; d. 30th November, 1866. IV. Agnes Eleanor, b. 1st September, 1869. Htncaac. The family of Currie was seated at Dunse, Berwickshire, Scotland, from 1570 to 1765, and this family claims descent from a cadet of Currie of that ilk, Annandale. The elder line merged in the Johnstons of Annandale by the marriage of its heiress in 1550. Sir Walter de Currie swore allegiance to Edwaed 1, 129G. Adam de Currie assisted Wallace Sanquhar. Piers de Currie, cele- brated in Si ottish ballad and in ancient Norse chronicles for bis heroic achievements and death fighting against Haco at the battle of Largs in 1263. About the middle of the seventeenth cen- tury, Hartwoodburn, Selkirkshire, became the property of the Currors or Curries, and in 1713 it was possessed by George Currie, from whom the present J. L. Currie, Esq., is said to descend. In 1690 the name was spelt Currier, other spellings of the name being Corry, Corrie, Curry, Curror, and Currie.