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BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 559 iipphew of tlic late Rev. RiUpli Wai-d- liiw, D.D., aud has four sous nnd one daughter. VI. Helen, A. 8th Februarv, 1833, il. 17th Ai>ril, 1817. Mr. James Sloiuic d. 2nd Mav, 18 17. Residences — Midwala and Savernake, co. Denison, Murrumbidgec district, New South Wales. Club — Australian, in Melbouruo. Col)cn» HON. HENRY EMANUEL COHEN, of Hopes, Darlinghurst Road, Sydney, New South Wales, bai-rister-at-law, b. at Port Macquarie, New Soutli Wales, 1st December, 1840 ; m. 15th July, 1884, Sopbie, daughter of Leo and Emelie Frank, of Hildesheim, Hanover, and has issue, I. Edgar Henry, &. 4th November, 1885. II. Ce'cil Hope, b. 5th July, 1888. Mr. Cohen was called to the bar at the Middle Temple, London, 6th Juno, 1871, and on his return to Sydney, in the same year, -was admitted to the New South Wales bar, and became member of the Legislative Assembly for West Maitland in December, 1874 ; was colonial treasurer in the Farnell administration, from December, 1877, to December, 1878, and minister of justice in the Stuart administration, fi-om 5th January, 1883, to 8th October, 1885, having held for a period of about eleven months in 1881-2, the post of district court judge and chairman of quarter sessions for the Metropolitan and Hunter districts. Mr. Cohen had been invited, before becoming a member of the Farnell Government, by Sir Henry Parkes, to accept office with him, and was recently offered a seat in the Legislative Council of New South Wales by the Dibbs administration, but declined both invitations. ILiiuagc. Emanpel Cohen', of Brighton, co. Sussex, by Hannah his wife, had with other issue. Levy Emanuel, eldest son, proprietor of the Brighton Ouardian newspaper, and Abka- HASI, of whom we treat. The youn;;er son, Abkahasi Cohen, of Sydney, who m. there, in 1837, Sophia Cohkn, who d. 20th Decem- ber, 1882. Ue d. 2ord January, 1874, having had issue, I. Frederick Sydney, m. and has issue, three sons and five daugliters. II. Hesky Emanuel (Hon.), barrister- at-law, the subject of this memoir. III. George, »». and has issue, four sons and two daughters. IV. Nathan, m. and has issue, three sons and four daughter.*. I. Fanny, m. 1857, Sir Benjamin Benja- Sesidence — Hopes, Darlinghurst Eoad, Sydney, MIN, Knt. (so created 18S9),of Canally, George Street, East Melbourne, Victoria, J. P., mayor of Melbom'ne, from 1887 to 1889, aud sometime member of the Legislative Council of Victoria, eldest son of Moses Benjamin, of Melbourne, J. P. (who d. 1885), and has issue seven sons and seven daughters. II. Caroline (Mrs. Joseph), has issue three sons and three daughters. III. Hannali (Mrs. Samuel), has no issue. IV. Sarah. V. Jenny (Mrs. Marks), has issue three sons and two daughters. VI. Minnie (Mrs. Benjamin), has issue two sons and one daughter. New South Wales.