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60 BUEKB'S COLONIAL GENTRY secondly, 4th July, 1877, Teresa Felicia, daugliter of Major Reynolds, 57th regiment; and has issue, I. John Zachary Macaalay, l. 5th January, 1865. II. Robert William. III. Henry Wallace Beainer. IV. Alan Woodforde Ball. V. Frederick Geary. VI. Gavin Macaulay. I. Anne Sophie Henrietta, m. 7th April, 1890, at St. David's Cathedral, Hobart, Theyre A'Beckett Weigall, Esq. of Melbourne, barrister, eldest son of Theyre Weigall, Esq. of Melbourne. II. Mary Caroline. Sir R. G. C. Hamilton entered the Civil Service in 1855, in which year he went to the Crimea in the commissariat establishment. He became accountant to the Education Office from 1861 to 1869 ; and to the Board of Trade from 1869 to 1872 ; assistant-secretary to the Board of Trade, 1872 to 1878 ; accountant-general of the Navy, 1878 to ] 882 ; secretary to the Admiralty in 1882 ; in that year he undertook the duties of under-secretary for Ireland, and was permanently appointed to that office in 1883 ; but retired in December, 1886. In 1884, he received the distinction of K.C.B. From 1874 to 1875, he was secretary to the Civil Service Commissioners ; and was appointed governor of Tasmania, 1887. 1Lineag£. Eev. Gavin Hamilton, of Hoy, Orkney, N.B., m. Helen {d. 1S06), sister of Zacliary Macaulay, Esq., the father of Lord Macaulay, and died in 1846, leaving a son, Rev. Zachary Macatiiat Hamilton, D.D., minister of Bressay, Shetland, N.B., m. 1832, Anne Irvine (d. 1840), daughter of G-eorge Crookshank, Esq. of Orkney, N.B., and d. in 1876, leaving issue, KoBEUT Geobge Ceookshank (Sir), K.C.B., LL.D., of Hohart. Anne Helen Macaulay, m. Charles Hay, Esq., but has no issue. Margaret Lendrum Logie, m. David Edmondston, Esq. of Buness, Shet- land, and d. having had issue, two sons and three daughters. Penelope Macaiday, m. Dr. Edmondston, and is now deceased. Crest used — Issuing owt of a dwcal coronet or, an oak tree fructed and penetrated trans- versely hi/ a frame saiv all ppr. Motto — - Through. Residence — Government House, Hobart, Tasmania. agauson of €rciIUoime. WILSON, SIR SAMUEL, Knight, of Ercildoune, Anakie, Victoria, Australia, and of 9, Grosvenor- square, London, resident at Hnghenden Manor, Bucks, England, D.L. for Middlesex, M.P. for Portsmouth, h. at Ballycloughaii, co. Antrim, Ireland, 7th February, 1832 ; mi. 1861, Jeanne, eldest daughter of Hon. William Campbell, M.L.C. of Victoria, by his wife, Isabella Cameron, and has issue, I. Gordon Chesney, h. 1st August, 1865. II. Wilfrid, h. 3rd March, 1872. III. Chesney Clarence, h. 2nd March, 1873. iv. Herbert Hayden, l. 4th February, 1875.