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BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 501 till- district under the general govern- iiioiitani) retired in 18HI), after tweutv- seven years' serviee. I. l?ofaiminil,)«. 18t)i ingiist, 1842, Eor. Ocrard Nkvile, M.A., Into vicnr of '1 iltDii, ro. l.eieester, tliird son of Rev. II. Xevile, of Cottpsniore, and r}. 18(;2. II. Liiey, »«. 1840. Hev. William Nixon Hooper, M.A., Minor I'anon of Win- drills — .rg. two bars gu. in chief tliree cocks of the last. Crest — A oock gn. Mo/to— 1^0 well and doiil)! not. Jiesidence — .•rmagh .Street, Ciiristchurcli, New Zealand. iiYa/ti— Aslibonrnc Farms, and Thorpe, near C'hristchiircli. Chester and perpi'lual curate of Little- ton, Hants, who d. 1877, leaving issue. III. Anne .Sophia, d. unm, 23rd August, 18,51. IV. Emily, d. iiiim. 4th April, 1831. V. Harriet ,Tane, (/. num. !)th July, 1848. ri. Henrietta, d. num. 14th Sept< mlier, 1827. Sir Matthew d. 23rd December, 18(;2. ^ixt}] ). LIEUTENANT-COLONEL HENRY PARKE AIREY, D.S.O., New South Wales AftilleiT, and one of the last iioniinated cadets of the Royal Military College, Addiscombe ; was En.-ign lOIst Royal Bengal Fusilier.s, served six years in India and commanded the Fusiliers in Fort Aklegnrgle, Dera Ismail Khan; joined New South Wales Artilk^ry 1877, served in Egypt in 1885, as A.D.C. to General Freemantle, Coldstream Guards, when coin- maniling the English Aimy in the advance on Tamai (medal and clasp, K ledive's Star). He served in the Burmese expedition 1886-7 and was .severs ly wotinced, and thanked by the government of India (Despatches, Londctt Ga::efle, 2nd f^eptember, 1887, D.S.O.). He wa-s promoted major by brevet for distinguished services in Burmah by His Excellency Lord Carring- lon, 29th June, 1887. Major Airey was 6.3rd August, 1843, ).';. 6th February, 1868, Florence Ada, daughter of A. H. McCui.i.ocit, of Sydney, New South Wales, and has issue, I. Charles Fraxcis, b. 1st August, 1870, Lieutenant 2nd Regiment, New South Wales Forces. II. George Henry, b. 14th January, 187i, midshipman, Naval Brigade, SydtK-y. I. Annie Mary. li. Gertrude Florence. III. Dorothea Bessie. iv. Dulce. Hiiuagr. This family ehiims to be of Norwegian oiigin, Ari or Ara being a personal name among the Sf andinavian nations, and probably settletl in Weslniorhicd between the years 945 and ICOO, when a body of nortbmcn who had taken possosionof the Isle of Man made a descent upon the opposite coast and colonized C'uniberlond and Wcfliuorlond. The AvRATES bad very early possession of lands in Kentmore, of which plate in 13.'j0 TnoMAS Atkavi: WHS bailiff. His duughler )h. William GlI.PIN of Kentmore Hall, and there were sevcial subsequent intermarriages between the two families. Henry Atret, of Kentmore, who d. 15(54, m. Kllinor, daughter of Kdwin Gilpin and sister of the distinguished Uernard GiLi iN.reetorof Honghton-le-Spring. One of their sons, He.nry Aiiiay, wa.- P'ovost of Queen's College, Vice-Chaiieellor of Oxford, and Prebendary of Canterbury. He d. unm. 161 f) and was bui ied in the chapel of Queen's College. EiciiAJD Athaie, of Kentmore, m. Margaret and d. 1577, leaving with oDicr children, a son, KwAN AYiii-.Y, who )«. 1 5t)5, Ellinor GltPlN, when the fannly moved to Trinnlon, co. Duiliani, snd in 1013 v.as settled al Ben^bam and Killirigworth, CO. Noithumberland. One of his sons, George Aiuey, of Gateshead, m. Mary liiBroiiD and d. May, 1GS8, having had issue, Joseph, who d. 1G77. George, of whom presently. Jlarv, III. — SlE.VDE.