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BllRKE'S COl.ONIAL GENTRY. 711 Biwli, K.C.B., iu the war of 1812, and was prospnt at (he ciiplurc of l)c(roit, of which Ue iicgotialiil t.ho caiiitulatioii (goUl mcdul) ; and at the battle of Qucenstou, 12th October, 1812, where he was killed with his general, and buried with liini under the numnmenl on Queenstoii Ileiglils. U.K. II. the Prince Regt'nijiu expressing hi,s ivgret iit the loss which the country nuist ex- perience by the deatli of the attorney- genei'al, was also groeiously pleased to declare that "his zeahnis co-operation with Sir Ismic Brwk would reflect lasting honour on his uu'niory." (See the despateh of Earl Bathurst to H.E. Sir George Prcvost, bth December, 1812.) He d. viim. '. Donald Greenfield, coirmanded a company at the capture of Ogdensbnrg, 1813, aiid was D.A.Q.M.G. in that war ; was M.P. for Glengarry in several Parliaments, sheiifE of Stor- Tuout, Dundas and Gletigarry, colonel of Militia and deputy adjutant-general, 1853-62. H.E. the administrator of the Government of Canada being un- avoidably prevented from attending the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the monument erected on Queenston Heights to coumiemorate the victory, deputed as his vepi-esenta- tive Lieutenant-Colonel Donald Mac- donell, and was pleased to express " the satisfaction which it afforded him to nominate for this deeply interesting ceremony the brother of the gallant officer who fell nobly by the side of Major-General Brock, iu the perform- ance of his duly as aide do camp." (See General Orders, 1st October, 1853,) He m. Eli«abcth, daughter of lianald Macdonet.i., Lieutenant King's Royal Regiment, of NewVork,ttud had issue, 1. Alexander, barrister-at-law, of Morrisburgh, m. the daughter of DoHAN, and <i. 18U0, leaving issue, four sons and a dauglitcr. 2. ^Eneas, M.D. of Almonte and Cornwall, and afterwards of Ottawa, (/. v»i». 1891. 3. Reginald, captain and adjutant Roval Canadiian Rifles, d. unm. about 18r)l. 4. .lohn, barristcr-at-Iaw, of Corn- wall, m. Isabella, daugliler of Colonel Alexander Maclean, of Cornwall, and d. IStJH, leaving issue, two sons antl three daughlei-s. 5. Robinson, barrister-at-law, deputy ch rk of the Csown at Cornwall, (/. viiin. a6out 1802. 1. Janet, d. ?inin. 2. Catherine Anne. VI. Alexander Greenfield, M.P. for Glen- garry, and afterwards for Prescott, and Russell, sheriff of the Ottawa district, and formerly a partner in the Nortli West Company under Lord Selkirk, d. s.p. 18-11. I. Mary, m. John Ccjiming, MP. of Kingston. II. Anne. >h. Miles Macdonet.i, lieuten- ant King's Royal Regiment of New York, captain R.C.V. Eegiment and governor of Assiniboia, and d. before C.B., knight of the Legion of Honour, Sardinian and Turkish Medals, and 5th Class'of the Medjidie). He commanded the 3rd Battalion, during the Indian Mutiny, ineliidnig the siege and capture of Lueknow (brevet of colonel, medal' with clasps). He served on the North-West Frontier in 1864 (medal), and commanded the expedition against the Mohmund Tribes (medal). He was prou-.oted K.C.B. in 1881. Hem. 1867, EmUy Butson, daughter of Henry Rose Alpoet, which lady d. 18S6. Sir Alexander d. 30th April, 1891. 2. Hugh Guion (Sir), K.C.M.G., C.B., Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordmary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of I'orlugal, h. January, 1832, vi. July, 1870, Anne, daughter of Edward Lamb, of Wallington Lodge, Surrey. Sir Hugh was educated at the Royal JHilitary College, Sandhurst, and joined the army as second Lieutenant Rillc Brigade, 22nd December, 1848, and retired from ill-health, 11th JMaroh, 1853, was appointed attache in the Diplomatic Service, 8th February, 1854, and second Secretary Ist October, 1862, Secretary of Legation, 9t'h April, 1869, was acting Charge d'Affaires at Buenos Ayres, and at Madrid ; promoted Secretary of Embassy, 15th January, 1875, was acting Charge d'Affaires, at Berlin and at Borne, promoted Charge d'Affaires, 23rd February, 1882. at Munich ; and Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, to tlie Emperor of Brazil, 5th X^oveniber, 1885 ; to llie King of Denmark, 1st February, 1888, and to the King of Portugal, 1st January, 1893. He was made a C.M.G., 11th January, 1889, a C.B^, 21st May, 1890. andaK.C.M.G.,25th May, 1892. III. Chichester, Lieutenant Butler's Rangers, afterwards Lieutenant-Colonel, 82ud and 34th Regiments, served at Corunna, and d. iu India. I. A daughter, m. General Ross. II. A daughter, m. General Wilkinson. III. Janet, m. (as in the text) Alexandeh Maodonkll, of Greenfield.