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482 BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. ILincagc, This family claims to represent the old | Ayrshire and Wigtownshire MacIMickinos. 1 TJie MacUk'KINGSO/ Killanfringanheki one of the most ancient baronies of Ayrshire, and at various epochs of Scottish history were not jindistinsuished. One of their members in 1427 lo>t his life through his adherence to the Lord of the Isles, in a rebellion against King James T of Scotland. At the Keformation, the family took a prominent part in Ayrshire, and during the reign of CuARi E3 II many of them suHe'red imprisonment and Snes in the cause of civil and religious liberty. Ninth in descent from Mahun Eusid was SiE GiLBEKT MacMichan. who >H. Agnes Mac- DONALi), daughter of John, son of Angus, Lord of the Isles. H is son, J oay MacMichan, was grandfather of .lOHX, who sold his estate, and d. in France, 1507, the last of that ilk ; second in descent from liim was, GiT.BEHT MacMichan, who m. Isabel Hamilton, of Killantringan, co. Ayr. His eldest son, . Ctilbeet MacMichan, of KiUantnngan, b. 1647 • m. 1G76, Janet, widow of— McIlwain of Miltonise, and purchased Miltonise from John McIlwain, her eldest son by her first husband Mr. MacMichan was a staunch Covenanter. Between 1679 and 1688 he was under sentence of death, and his lands were forfeited but iiis sentence was recalled, and his lands restored to him by Act of Parlia- ment, WiLM-^M and Marf, 1690. He d. 1731. and was s. by his second son, Thomas McMiceixg, of MUtonise, 6. 16S9 • ni- Elizabeth, daughter of— McHay, of Dra'ngandow, co Kirkcudbright, and d. 1782, when'he w.as -i. bv his only son, ^ Gilbert McMicking, of Miltonise, 4. 1723; m. Jane DouGLAS, and d. 1800. He was s. by his son, . Thomas MeMiCKiNa of Miltonise, co. Wig- town Scotland, 4. 1786, m. Jane, youngest daughter of John Mohin of Lagan, co. B.im- frie?, Scotland, and ,/. in 1866, having had I Thomas, of Burnbrae, Dumbartonshire, ' Scotland, J.P. for cos. Wigtown and Dumbarton, b. 1812, m. lirst, 184/, Agnes, only daughter of the late James ANDHE^v of Craigend, co. Stirling (she d in 1867) ; and secondly, 1S68, Mary, fourth daughter of the late John Fleming of Clairmouut. eo. Lanark, and had issue, one son, who d. num., and four daughters. 11 Gilbert, of "Miltonise, eo. Wigtown '(To<in residence- 42, Prince's Gardens, S W Chibs — Reform and Union), J.P. for CO. Lancaster, J.P. and D.L. for eo Wigtown, b. 9th Noveuibcr, 1823 ; was educated at the High School and University of Kdinburgh : m. 30th April, 1850, Helen Mary, eldest d'lughter of Alexander MacFarlane, of Thornhill, co. Stirling, and d. 1890, having survived his wife, who d. 24th August, 1S83. He had issue, 1. Thomas George Torrance, b. 4th December, 1853; m. 1890, Jlar- garet R., eldest daughter of the hte George Bl'llock, of Kinloch, Perthshire. 2. Alexander, i. 17th January, 1857. 3. Gilbert, Captain K.A., of Milton- ise, eo. "Wigtown, b. 24th March, 1862, m. 1st November, 1893, Gertrude Rosabel Catherine, youngest daughter of the late Nathaniel Gohe. 4. H:iri-y, Lieutenant Royal Scots, b. 2Sth October, 1867. 1. Helen Mary, m. first, 31st May, lf-71, Richard Denman, eldest son of the Hon. Richard Denman, and has issue, and obtaining a divorce from him (whorf. 5th April, 1883) in April, 1878, she m. secondly, Anril, 1879, J. Montgomery Walker, son of William Stuart Walker, C.B., of Bowland, co. Selkirk, and h.as issue. She )». thirdly, 2nd November, 1888, Henry William Primrose (see Burke's Peerage, Rosebert, E.) 2. Jane Maitland, )». 5th April, 1877, William Henry Bolton, eldest son of Joseph Cheney Bol- ton, M.P. of Carbrook, co. Stir- ling. 3. Catherine, »H. 3rd February, 1883, Lieutenant-Colonel Edward TuF- xell. Royal Irish Regiment, second son "of the late E. Carleton Tufnell, of Lowndes Square, Lon- don, and d. August, 1889. 4. Annie Margaret, ;». 24th Novem- ber, 1880, Robert Acheson Cromie Montagu, eldest son of the Right Hon. Lord Robert Montagu,^ brother of the seventh Duke of Manchesier, and has issue, {see Burke's Peeiarje). 5. Alice, m. Commander James Staetin, R.N. ,. Ethel, ill. 19th April, 1887, Wal- ter Edward Barrett, of Kersal, Manchester. HI. EoBEET, now of Tumberumba and Cashmere. I. Catherine, m. John Wilson, of Hill Paik, CO. Stilling. II. Mary. III. Maitland, m. the late Rev. John Harper. 6. Ill » ^± •^'■'■J " u • ■■■11 ^,-,,i,-Azure four fleurs-de-lis in cross the tops to the exterior of the shield or. C;™rA de™ i-savage bearing in his dexter hand an arrow, at his back a quiver full proper. Mottoes-" Res non verba" and " We hae dune_ »e«(/e»ce—Manus, Upper Murray, New South W.des l'?«to-Manus, aforesaid, and Cashmere. Maranoa River. Queensland.