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BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 33 I. John. II. Elizabeth, baptised 26th December, 1734, m. 1773, John Greene, Esq., and d. 2nd January, 1814, leaving issue, Joshua, 6. 1774, d. 13th Novem- ber, 1861, aged 87 years, and was buried at St. Cuthbert's. His son, John, of Rodsley House, d. in Decem- ber, 1870. John Dobson, Esq., the only son, bap- tised 9th August, 1731, m. 18th August, 1763, Mary Ferguson, by whom he left issue, with a daughter, Frances, baptised 23rd De- cember, 1768, m. William Hawkes, Esq., brother of Sir Robert Shafto Hawkes, a son, Michael Dobson, Esq., baptised 23rd May, 1764, m. 1792, Elizabeth, daughter of William Lambert, Esq. of Tweedmouth, co. Northumberland, and d. at Gateshead, co. Durham, having had by her (who d. in 1852, and was buried at Richmond, co. York) two sons and four daughters, viz., I. William, h. 9th March, 1797, d. 28rd May following. II. John, of whom presently. I. Mary Ann, S. 24th May, 1793, d. 26th February, 1795. II. Eliza, I. 10th March, 1796. III. Mary Ann, b. 23rd March, 1798. IV. Jane JeflPreys, h. 5th August, 1799, m. 21st May, 1836, at Hobart, Arthur Smith, Esq. of Beaufront, Ross, Tas- mania, formerly of Feversham, and, in 1887, of Walmer, co. Kent, England. She d. at Walmer 16th January, 1881, having predeceased her husband, who d. at the Shrubbery, Walmer, 15th July, 1887, aged 80 years. John Dobson, Esq., formerly of Carr Hill, Gateshead, co. Durham, and afterwards of Hobart Town, Tasmania, solicitor, h. 26th November, 1800, baptised 27th Febru- ary, 1801, served his articles in the office of his uncle, George Anthony Lambert, Esq., at Gateshead, completing his term in London, and became a solicitor and notary public. Besides practising his profession, he held the office of clerk to the magistrates of Gates- head, from his admission as a solicitor in 1832 till he resigned that office 1st October, 1833, in order to emigrate to Tasmania, for which colony he sailed 13th January, 1834, in the " Mary." After the passing of the Reform Act of 1832, by which a member was given to Gateshead, he was appointed returning officer for the borough, and acted as such at the first election. He was also employed as secretary to the Health Authorities on the outbreak of cholera in 1832. Prior to sail- ing for Tasmania, he was presented with an iniluentially signed valedictory address. On his arrival in the colony, he was placed on the rolls of the court, 29th September, 1834, and continued the practice of his profession until his death. He m. first, Mary Anne, daughter of Matthew Atkinson, Esq. of Carr Hill, co. Durham, by Mary, his wife, daughter of Isaac Littledale, Esq. of Bolton, and by her (who was h. 7th March, 1811, and d. in Hobart, 2nd April, 1837) had issue, I. William Lambert (Hon. Sir), chief justice of Tasmania. II. Feank Stanley (Hon.), of Mel- bourne. See next article. I. Emily Collinson, h. 12th October, 1831, m. Eev. William Wood, incum- bent of Christ Church, Hawthorn, Victoria, M.A. of Caius College, Cam- bridge, and d, at Hawthorn, 4th May, 1864, leaving issue, 1. Henry Simpson, surgeon, h. Octo- ber, 1856, d. at Cloncurry, Queensland, 3rd March, 1883. 2. Arthur Jeffreys, surgeon, h. 9th April, 1861. 3. William Atkinson, surgeon, h. 10th May, 1863. Rev. William Wood m. secondly, at New Norfolk, Annie, daughter of the late Thomas Fyfe, Esq. of Mount Nod, Surrey (her sister Margaret m., as his second wife, the late William. Stanley Sharland, Esq., M.H.A. and J. P. of New Norfolk), and has issue by her, Frederick Fyle, S. January, 1869. II. Mary Anne Jane, d. an infant, buried in Hobart. Mr. John Dobson m. secondly, 29th Janu- ary, 1839, at Launceston, Kate, fourtli daughter of Richard Willis, Esq. of Wan- stead, Tasmania, and by her (who was h. 15th December, 1819, and d. 14th Septem- ber, 1868) had, III. Arthur, I. 20th February, 1840, en- gaged in pastoral pursuits for thirteen years in Rakaia, New Zealand ; kUled at Zoblane, South Africa, 28th March, 1879, unm., having joined the Fron- tier Light Horse as a volunteer in the Zulu War. IT. Henry, of Hobart, solicitor, h. 24th December, 1841, called 30th Decem- ber, 1864, m. at Ratho, Bothwell, 4th February, 1868, Emily, fifth daughter of the late assistant commissary- general, Thomas James Lempriere, and has issue, 1. Louis Lemprifere, h. 10th June, 1872. 2. Ernest Des Voeus, h. 3rd June, 1875. 3. Clare Lempriere, h. 3rd Febru- ary, 1877. 1. Kate Harriette, h. 5th June, 1869. 2. Emily Lempriere, S. 17th Sep- tember, 1870. 3. Margaret Jane Lempriere, h. 26th September, 1882. T. Louis, h. 30th January, 1845, acci- dentally killed at Woods Point, Vic- toria, 18th March, 1867. Tl. Alfred (Hon.), of Davey-street, Ho- bart, Tasmania, and of the Inner Temple, barrisfer-at-law, solicitor- general and member of the Executive